"We live, as we dream, alone" (Conrad 97)
In this book, Marlow is continually depicted as one white man among many natives. Because of his deep seeded racism, this creates the feeling that Marlow views himself as alone. He also travels alone, ready to leave at a moment's notice.
On another note, the changing of the narrators makes the story rather confusing. The fact that the narrative switches back and forth from Marlow's mind to the mind of the omnipotent narrator makes the action of the story very difficult to separate from the narrative. However, the switching viewpoints allow us to see inside the mind of Marlow, and understand him as a flawed character without his biases through the omnipotent narrator.
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