Psychological Significance of Journey

As marrow continues on his his journey, his speech patterns become vital to understanding his unconscious. On the surface of the text, his physical journey is obvious but his psychological journey is what lies beneath. Marlow's choppy and elongated sentences reveal his uncertainty and fear of what he will encounter throughout his travels. He is in the middle of an unknown barbaric jungle and naturally it is effecting his emotions negatively. But despite Marlow's fear he continues his journey and has yet let his unconscious overcome his determination.