Read the following excerpt from Heart of Darkness: I've seen the devil of violence, and the devil of greed, and
the devil of hot desire; but, by all the stars! these were
strong, lusty, red-eyed devils, that swayed and drove men-
men, I tell you. But as I stood on this hillside, I foresaw that
in the blinding sunshine of that land I would become
acquainted with a flabby, pretending, weak-eyed devil of a
rapacious and pitiless folly.
Why did Conrad most likely include this passage in the story?
O A. To convey the sense of overwhelming human evil in a world where
devils outnumber stars
O B. To show that devils, like human beings, gain weight if they don't
work out regularly
A
C. To express the idea that foolish ineffectiveness is the central
problem of colonialism
O D. To show that pretending to be a devil is foolish, and that it is better
to try to be good