Nostromo
... The text of Nostromo leaves no question as to his motivations. ... Nostromo clearly shows how Charles Gould allows his personal vanity and selfish motives steer him rather than moral ideals. ... Conrad is making a social statement in Nostromo, and it must not be overlooked. ... It’s easy to include Charles Gould with the many other Nostromo characters motivated by greed because there are so many of them; but, that theory has no foundation of facts. ... My Attack There is a much bigger message in Nostromo for Charles Gould’s motives to be solely for avenging his father’s death, and being a good Samaritan to a disorderly community of people he has no obligation to. ... ” This statement mirrors the same belief that allowed Nostromo to be deceptive. ... To deny this basic rule, is to strip the important message of Nostromo just as Charles Gould stripped the important silver from the mountains.