Irrational: human's mindset, unrestrained by society
Ex. Shrunken heads- used for ornamentation on fence posts. Intimidating, warning
In class: Marlow first arrives in the Congo with British morals and sensibilities. However, soon he starts to break down and act irrationally. He is drawn to and fascinated by Kurtz and his lack of restraints. He begins himself to act irrationally when he throws his bloody shoes overboard. He eventually chooses the cannibals over the Europeans because they are hypocrites. His unnatural fascination with Kurtz and his leaky to his memory
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