Essay Intro

In Freud's theory, all human beings are born equal.  As ironic as it sounds it is true, but not in rights, but in our mind, body, and soul.  Freud stresses that human beings are born with natural aggression, unable to control ourselves, similar to animals in the wild, unaware of their primary surroundings and must learn to adjust and become "the norm".  Freud implies that we as human beings are our own downfalls and darknesses.  We let our desires and are fears shape who we are and the only way to change is to see how others are; to judge and to learn.  This thought is similar to the way Conrad writes "Heart of Darkness" as he uses Marlow as our stationary eyes that show us the greed, fear, and natural aggression that Freud talks about.  Conrad displays the idea of learning from these incidents that Marlow sees in his life.  He shows that men can be who they are in the wild (there natural habitats) but must restrain themselves once they are back into the social norm.  Freud develops the ideas of the world being a jungle in its own right and that is where humans belong, where they lack judgement and have the capability of being themselves and this is similar to what Conrad writes because in his writing he shows what it truly means to be free, as Marlow travels "to hell and back".