Two typically ‘‘Conradian'' stories are Heart of Darkness and The Secret Sharer. This paper examines these two Joseph Conrad stories and what makes them so typically Conradian and yet so different.This paper has five pages and three sources are listed in the bibliography.
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ways, often presenting the reader with images and perspectives that cannot be avoided. His works are also those which maintain a sense of doom or despair of sorts, in the
face of some enlightenment. They are, in all respects, stories which make the reader think and examine their own lives and what they do with their own lives. As one
author illustrates, in relationship to Conrads experiences and his work, "Conrad learned how to deal with the storms of life. Dont run from the problems that blow in your face.
Face them head on. The damage is greater if you try to run" (Bailey 40). Two of his most powerfully intriguing stories, which seem to address this perspective, are "The
Secret Sharer" and "The Heart of Darkness." In the following paper we examine the two individually, discussing what makes them "Conradian" in nature. The paper then discusses the two in
terms of their differences. The Secret Sharer In this story we see a simple man of the sea. He is a common man, it would seem, yet a
man who also appears to long for more out of life, or perhaps a man who enjoys a good adventure now and then. He gets a very powerful and intriguing
adventure when he attempts to pull a ladder into the ship, only to discover a man attached to it. He immediately takes to the man and finds himself seeing the
man as a reflection of himself. He presents the man with identical sleeping clothes and listens to his tale. The man presents him with a tale of wrongful death,
to some degree. He tells the captain that he has been accused of murder and that he escaped. The captain appears to feel for this man and perhaps is living