Have you ever tried to put out a fire with a bucket that had a hole in it? If you have then you've found out that it does not work. This is one of the examples that you will find in the book "Heart of Darkness" by Joseph Conrad.
             Marlow, the main character in the book, tries to figure out exactly how he could put this fire out with a hole in the bucket. What he is really trying to decide is how you fix something once you have destroyed it.
             The country of Africa is being destroyed and parts are being taken over, Marlow wants to try to find a way to stop it or maybe even to fix it. Marlow feels that he is a part of the countries problems because he is in the country. In reality Marlow has nothing to do with the problems at all. He takes this job that his aunt helped him get, and went right to the problem, right in the middle of Africa and the Congo, to try and play some kind of savior role. I don't necessarily see how he could think that he was any part of the problem just because he was from there. I admire people that feel that they want to help others even though they know that they aren't getting anything in return. I wonder if they ever stop to think that maybe we wouldn't have so many wars and countries wanting to destroy each other. If we all worried more about our own country and how to fix our own problems, instead of medalling in other countries problems. It seems that most people would rather f!
             ace other peoples problems rather than having to face their own. Society now days doesn't like to take responsibility for their own actions. We try to distance ourselves as much as possible so that we don't have to make things our problems. Some people wonder what is it that we really are responsible for. Mostly because our governmental system doesn't hold us accountable for anything anymore.
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