Heart of Darkness: A Character’s Walk to a Station

This passage, told from the viewpoint of a character, describes said character’s walk to a station. On the way, he encounters a group of dying black people, overworked and starved, as well as a spotless white man. The passage is mainly concerned with giving thorough descriptions of each, and thus establishing a direct contrast between the two appearances.
This passage is told from a first-person point of view, and the narrator is clearly a figure involved in the story. In fact, at least in this passage, the speaker is the central character, recounting his story to the reader. The passage is written in past tense, which further adds to the impression that the story is being directly recounted to the reader by one of the characters, who has experienced these events and is now re-telling them. In fact, the speaker establishes a direct connection to the reader by saying “you know”, thereby implying that the reader knows much about his character. The narrator is clearly not attempting to write this piece form an impartial or even objective point of view, as he frequently refers to his own feelings and thoughts – “my idea was,” and “I didn’t want” are two examples of this. In this way, the reader is drawn into the story, they can imagine being there with the speaker, and, following his thoughts, may even begin to identify with him.
The narration of this passage is very descriptive, describing both action and surroundings. There is no internal dialogue between characters, however, the entire passage is in fact a dialogue – it is the narrator, speaking directly to the reader. The only mention of any dialogue inside the story is the description of the conversation with the white man; the only other voice heard in the entire passage is the quotation of the white man – “to get a breath of fresh air.”
This passage appears to take place during colonial times, as the black people the narrator encounters appear to be slaves. The speaker seems to be wandering around a