Heart Of Darkness Greed

The greed and power kill relationships and humanity. This statement explains the main idea of the stories, Heart of Darkness written by Joseph Conrad and May Day written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Heart of Darkness is a novel cum short story book. The writer expresses the incidents in the story in a very interesting way. May Day story is taken from the book, ‘Tales of the Jazz Age’ written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. These stories show the conflicting natures of the human beings. Heart of Darkness is written in 1899, in the late 19th century, during World War 1, which was the time of colonization. During the period of colonization, Mr. Kurtz was working for the European company. He used to trade ‘ivory’. The ‘ivory’ initiated the greed and sense of pride in

Kurtz who is a pride man and who has become monster and show himself as a God, is dead in the end of the story. May Day story takes place in 1919. It depicts the time after World War 1. May Day is considered as ‘Internationals Workers day’ which represents the conflict between socialism and capitalism. This creates sense of inhumanness among the persons in that time. In both the stories, Heart of Darkness and May Day, dark and light sides of the persons are shown. The other main element shown in both stories is the greed for money and power. The money and power is valued more than humanity in some parts of the stories. The good times change into bad times. The negatives in the person lead to the end of his life. For example, the deaths are witnessed in both the stories in the end. In May Day, Gordon Sterrett commits suicide in the end of the story. The conditions around force him to take this step. He has lost his job, his friend does not help him and moreover, he is blackmailed by a lady Jewel Hudson for money. Similarly, in the story, Heart of Darkness The lack of humanity in human beings leads to dangerous and unpleasant