Question

heart of darkness is an 1899 novella by joseph conrad. narrated by the seafarer marlow, the work recounts his journey up the congo river to retrieve the ivory trader kurtz, who has established himself as a godlike figure among the local population. throughout the narrative, marlow grapples with his own reactions to the indigenous africans he encounters. for instance, marlow recognizes an undeniable connection between their expressions of raw humanity and impulses that exist, however suppressed, within himself. 11 mark for review which quotation from heart of darkness most effectively illustrates the claim? a \it was unearthly, and the men were—no, they were not inhuman. well, you know, that was the worst of it—this suspicion of their not being inhuman. it would come slowly to one.\ b \going up that river was like traveling back to the earliest beginnings of the world, when vegetation rioted on the earth and the big trees were kings.\ c \but his soul was mad. being alone in the wilderness, it had looked within itself, and, by heavens i tell you, it had gone mad.\ d \they howled and leaped, and spun, and made horrid faces; but what thrilled you was just the thought of their humanity—like yours—the thought of your remote kinship with this wild and passionate uproar.\

Explanation:

The claim focuses on Marlow's recognition of a connection between the indigenous Africans' raw humanity and his own impulses. Option D emphasizes the "thought of their humanity—like yours" and "remote kinship", directly illustrating the shared humanity between Marlow and the Africans, matching the claim. Option A is about suspicion of inhumanity, B is about the river journey's primal setting, and C is about Kurtz's madness, none matching the claim as well as D.

Answer:

D. "They howled and leaped, and spun, and made horrid faces; but what thrilled you was just the thought of their humanity—like yours—the thought of your remote kinship with this wild and passionate uproar."