Compare how much and why each of the central characters changes in two texts you have studied this year.
            
             In Fly Away Peter, by David Malouf, and Heart of Darkness, by Joseph Conrad, the central character takes a cognitive journey into the heart of humanity. Both journeys begin in a sate of innocence and certain unawareness, which is soon surrounded by nature, savagery, evil, and mankind. As a result of being exposed to these forces, Both Jim and Marlow are moved to synthesise their knowledge and expand their minds to ultimately reach a holistic and broader understanding of everything they face on their journeys. Both reach a final vision of life considering evil that encompasses good and the horror that lies dormant within us all.
            
             Both Jim and Marlow commence their journeys in a state of unawareness of the realities of the world. Jim's journey begins with him, "living in a state of dangerous innocence." While in the Sanctuary, he is naive and asocial and considers only the environment, remaining oblivious to the outside world. He considers the idea of a map inside his head, which initially has its major focus on his immediate environment: the Sanctuary. This was his pristine place of beauty and harmony, belonging, "inviolably to the birds." However, he reaches his first realisation sooner than Marlow does. This is the realisation that he cannot shut out the external forces. The Sanctuary is essentially separated from society, yet other forces can still penetrate this surreal environment, such as the biplane, a representation of mankind and technology, Jim's father's savagery, representing the dark side, and Ashley and Imogen, representing people and mateship. His life is reflective of the Sanctuary itself, where he has pushed everything to the side except for nature, leaving him in his blissful innocence. Marlow, on the other hand, is not so much innocent as just unaware. He had los...