Heart of Darkness jungle's effect on russian sailor
...ontaminated attitude does not give way to the jungle’s effects. Marlow’s view of the sailor is one of envy for his “absolutely pure, uncalculating, unpractical spirit of adventure”, something that Marlow at one time possessed but eventually loses (84). The Russian Sailor, unlike Marlow or even Kurtz, does not allow the jungle to change him, for he “want[s] nothing from the wilderness but space to breathe in and to push on through”, and as such, the Russian had simply gone into the jungle for adventurous curiosity (82). The jungle satisfies his “need…to exist” and his “spirit of adventure” is good enough to keep him sane even in the greatest state of isolation. The only change to the Sailor’s demeanor that can be seen is his lack of human interaction, which drives him to “[rattle] away at such a rate he quite [overwhelms]” Marlow, seemingly “trying to make up for lots of silence” that he has come to b...