Joseph Conrad

but it has been known that Conrad most likely will place metaphors in his novel
             when describing a location extrinsic from any common place. The reason for adding metaphors
             is because Conrad attempts to locate the contrasted parts of human nature by lavishing it with an
             intensely fierce characteristic. Successfully, Conrad accomplishes this attempt, but the primary
             similarity between the Heart of Darkness and Lord Jim is that both novels "place men in extreme
             situations far from their European homes" (Hutchinson 1), which will give this type of literature a
             nostalgic atmosphere as the reader may realize. As stated before, not much information is taken
             upon the novel Lord Jim, but this novel is mainly used to compare similarities with the novel
             Heart of Darkness, since they are much alike in a number of ways. As for the novel The Secret
             Agent, it is basically based on an actual event in a bombing attempt against the Greenwich
             Observatory located at Greenwich, London. The novel seems to be a satire for a good portion,
             but the plot of the story turns dark when it involves the conspiracy against the anarchists
             In short, we realize that Conrad's ideas and concepts are derived from intending to renew
             the readers with a figure reflection of the unorganized world that is viewed by Conrad himself
             (Dintenfass 5). Conrad's concept is taken up with some religion in all his novels, since it is a way
             of observing the way Conrad revives th
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