Heart of Darkness Joseph Conrad’s novella, Heart of Darkness focusses on a journey of self–discovery and the effects of colonialism and imperialism. The struggle that Marlow and Kurtz experience in coming to terms with their world enables them to learn and discover a lot about themselves and others. Conrad exhibits the potential for a physical and psychological journey up the Congo to induce character discoveries into themselves, the natives, the knitters, the doctor and on each other. Predominately, it is Marlow’s discoveries within himself that are evident throughout Conrad’s text. The naïve, young Marlow, through his journey to the Inner station learn