***PART TWO***
Marlow comments, “When you have to attend to things of that sort [looking for wood to fuel the boiler], to the mere incidents of the surface, the reality–the reality, I tell you–fades. The inner truth is hidden–luckily, luckily.” (Pgs. 35 - 36) How would you interpret his remarks? What literary device is used?
Are you sure the literary device is in these lines?
I couldn't find one in these lines, but my teacher says there is one. So, I'm not exactly sure. Thanks for answering my questions by the way! :)
The literary device is a pun. It could also be magic realism or personification, but Conrad's reference to the surface is dominantly a pun.
The literary device would be a pun. The pun is when he says, “to the mere incident of the surface”. "Mere" is the pun to “mirror” which is configured in the next line, “-the reality fades. The inner truth is hidden”. These sentences are mirroring each other, therefore, the device would be a pun.
