Independent Novel Study- Theme

Theme: is the central topic or dilema in the story.

The theme directly involves the main character.

The story of the Garden of Evil relates to Heart of Darkness in the way

that the themes are similar. For example the evil that lies within us.

Yes I believe that the statement "Evil is Inherent in the Hearts of

Men" is true. Everybody has evil in them although a restriction would have

to be put on the statement to say that evil is inherent in men but it is

The Quest Myth is about an adventure where the adventurer has something

he is looking for or something he has to do that he has not done yet maybe

2. Heart of Darkness is a very good example of a Quest story.

Marlowe is risking life and limb inorder to fufill his adventure of meeting

the infamous Mr.Kurtz. Along Marlowe's journey he meets bands of cannibles

that are ever posing a threat to his life. At the end of Heart of Darkness

the story becomes a Quest of the self. Marlowe is searching deep within

himself to comprehend what he is seeing with Mr.Kurtz and within him

3. The author certainly does rely on his use of imagery to fill in a lot of

5. Kurtz was definitely the villian in the story. I do not think he was

problems which go unseen as what has caused them.

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Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page double spaced)