The writing style makes unique each belle lettre and it changes according to the experience,
point of view and literary taste of the author. Every novel or literary work has its own essence
to express their ideas over one theme by presenting different syntactical
structure, word choice, organizing figures, among others. For example, Jules Verne likes to write in
third person and uses technical and formal language. The characters of his
stories normally have a journey where they discover new knowledge and the
sentences are short and concise. Joseph Conrad has his own style that can be
seen since the beginning of The Heart of Darkness, like his narrative structure,
the word choice, etc.
The narrative strategies followed by Conrad in The
Heart of Darkness, like his narrative structure and the word choice, gives
the novel a unique ideology frame and relation with the audience. The story has
a first person narrator making an approach to the reader and giving a sense of continuousness
in the thoughts of the principal character. The use of foreshadowing leads to a
numerous thought about a theme, generating a series of questions about the
human nature and believes. “They were conquerors, and for that you want only
brute force –nothing to boast of, when you have it since your strength is just
an accident arising from the weakness of others.” ( 7) Conrad’s narrative
strategy gives arise to ideas where the reader question the fairness of the
conquest and the lack of morality that these wars has. By using a first person
narrator, Conrad, generates an individual thought relating with each individual’s
experiences and with the society rules.
The authors have different way to approach their
audience and generate a critical thinking, using their own writing style. Joseph
Conrad writes in first person and uses foreshadowing to reach his goal.
Although he has other elements, like metafiction and description, these two
elements are the more significance in his writing. Through these two elements
he leads to a serial of ideas about the society and the human nature.
