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The Real Hero? By: Braxton Rogalski Throughout the reading of this book I would have to say the two characters mainly followed in this story “Kurtz” and “Marlow” struggle between who is the real protagonist. Even though to story clearly depicts Marlow as the protagonist it still push you to feel for Kurtz and makes you try to justify his decisions and actions to make him be better then what he is in the reading. Marlow is this guy sent to drive a steam boat in the uncivilized jungles of Africa. Kurtz a man torn between revolutionary and slave to the European governments mind games. Both characters fight to keep their image of being civilized Europeans over many kinds of adversity and inhuman events. Kurtz himself is a completely different person already in the jungle and near complete corruption even though Kurtz really doesn’t appear until the book is half over he still plays a big role in the novel showing how the surroundings effect the mind and justifying others actions. For instance Kurtz is near insanity he kills and pikes anyone who gets in his way man or savage. When encountered in the story Marlow first meets a Russian trader who seems to be envious and glad to know Kurtz. He trader explains that he had known Kurtz and has nursed him through two illnesses but also states that Kurtz was ill again but had no medicine to take care of him. The Russian is a shining example of someone Kurtz has made act differently than they would normally. The Russian speaks of Kurtz and respects him out of fear that he will be killed because he would be rebellious if he stood up for himself. Kurtz indeed was very ill and in the end takes a turn for the worse but before that time comes Marlow learns a few things that the reader can bring together to justify I good feeling about the tyrant known as Kurtz. So we have two very interesting characters both that get many different perspectives from the reader. Marlow at first seems to be a humble man trying to do his job while