In this portion of the novel we see Mr. Kurtz's health increasingly deteriorate as he moves farther from his post. During this time Kurtz seemlingly begins to reflect upon his time in Africa, summed up in "The Horror!" Wounders how one man can seemly sink into complete and total primevelness. A common phrase comes to mind, "Absolute power, corrupts absolutely." Mr. Kurtz's soul had been deeply corrupted by his power when in Africa, a power that gave him strength and helped him ignore the travasties around him. It is only when he is removed from this environment that we see him deterirorate from the simply memory of the atrosities and eventually dies. Before he dies he gives a packet of papers to for safe keeping.
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