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Great literature comes from writers who have the ability to show the growth of their characters in some way. According to Fay Weldon, good writers offer “some kind of spiritual reassessment or moral reconciliation, even with the self, even at death.” This kind of character growth is present in the novel Heart of Darkness, by Joseph Conrad. It tells the story of Marlow’s spiritual journey to self-discovery, as well as Kurtz’s realization of his own faults as an individual. Heart of Darkness is told through an unnamed narrator who is listening to Marlow speak about his journey’s through the Congo river. Marlow’s story is the plot of the rest of the novel. Marlow starts off as