Joseph Conard Research Paper

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Research Proposal Historical Figure – Joseph Conard Sukhdeep Singh 3104126 Hist-1015-003. Prof. Andriy Zayarnyuk. Joseph Conard- “Polish-British Writer” Conard was a tight-lipped man, chary of showing emotions. His books were full of discipline, suspicion, irony and he was very sensitive. He was born on 3 December 1857 to a polish parents in berdichev (Ukraine), he educated in Poland and his first name was jozef teodar konard korzeniouski. His parents were died when Conard was very small and then he was lived with his uncle. Conard’s education was random; firstly he was tutored by his father than attended school in krekow and got private schooling. He wrote some well-known books like: Heart of Darkness Lord Jim The Victory …show more content…

By 1878 joseph made his way to England with a goal to become an officer at British ship. In England, in summer of 1889, the Conard changed himself from sailor to a writer (curle, 1914). Conard started his literary career in 1895 with the publication of his first novel, (Almayer’s Folly), this was an adventure tale of Borneo jungles. In this novel he wrote all his experience which he had in that jungle. The words wrote in this novel was amazing because the interest of reader increasing to go deeply into this novel and know about the life of Conrad. After that in 1990 he wrote the (LORD JIM) this was a story as a young sailor, he explained well about his past like what difficulties he faced in childhood. For instance, his parents died when he was very young and then he rose by his uncle. The famous book of Conard was a Heart of Darkness which wrote in 1902; in this book, he described his journey of the Congo of Africa as a British man. On this journey he caught the cruel and mysterious Kurtz, a European trader who has demonstrated as a ruler of native people on that place. He wrote mainly about life at sea and in fantastic parts then about life on British land. His friend John Galsworthy, author of the fork style saga-he knew little about everyday domestic relations in

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