“People often claim to crave the truth, but rarely like the taste when it is served. » (George RR Martin). Life is not just a journey, as we generally know. Life is made up of many little journeys, both physical and emotional, that define who we are, were and will be. Meaning may be lacking, but we never abandon our so-called purpose, because we are persistent humanoids. Charlie Marlow's journey in Heart of Darkness had been summed up in the last two sentences, surprisingly. Marlow embarked on a journey of self-discovery and search for truth; the truth about the superficially ornate culture to which he belonged. Imperialist culture, as glorious and resounding as it may seem, is caught between two extremely conflicting worlds, which actually govern the actions of its descendants. Reason and madness are these two worlds separated by the extremely thin and fragile cord of imperialism. The imperialists sent to civilize the black savages arrive with a sane state of mind – that of a white man – but end up as one of the mad savages. “The old doctor felt my pulse, obviously thinking of something else during this time. “Good, good for there,” he muttered, and then asked me with some eagerness if I would let him measure my head. The deterioration of the human brain from a sane white man to a crazed savage was a common symptom among those who decided to join the noble cause, those who decided to live their lives on an extremely thin thread . Imperialism is the deterioration of good functioning. , sane brain. This ever-thin thread of imperialism, which separates reason from madness, is unfortunately not strong enough to hold back its imperialists, thus letting them all fall into an abyss of savagery. Marlow, being a white man... middle of paper...ror! (Conrad, page 99). In that moment – ​​that of death – Kurtz realized everything that imperialism prevented him from seeing; he realized the "evil" of the noble cause, the lack of meaning in everything he had committed and the madness that dominated him for a very long time, blinding him from the ultimate "reality" that was not something ideal of a “sane imperialist.” The thread of life, or rather of death, is easily broken. So is the thread of imperialism. The imperialists cling wholeheartedly to one thing; the noble cause. However, they change from pretentious, no-nonsense white men to dark-complexioned wild men. Imperialism destroys people and cultures in the vague motive of spreading knowledge and support to poor savages, when they end up becoming like them, or probably worse..