In this paragraph Marlow is faced with a choice. He mistakenly tells Kurtz’s wife that he heard Kurtz’s last words. Obviously Kurtz’s wife asks Marlow what the last words were. This leaves Marlow with a choice to either lie by making up fake last words or tell Kurtz’s wife the truth. However, Kurtz’s last words were not the kind of words that a love one would want to hear. Before he died, Kurtz says, “the horror the horror,” which refers to his time in Africa. After hearing how torn and upset Kurtz’s wife was, Marlow decides to lie and makeup Kurtz’s last words. He says that the last words Kurtz ever said was his wife’s name. Even though Marlow lied to Kurtz’s wife, he did a good thing by helping her accept her husband’s death instead of highlighting how miserable Kurtz’s life was in Africa. This paragraph makes the reader wonder that if they were in the same situation as Marlow, would he tell the truth or lie.
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