Outpost of Progress | Themes
One of the most prominent themes of the story is the gradual moral regression of Europeans in a savage setting in the tropics, a characteristic subject of Conrad's early and middle fiction. Kayerts and Carlier begin their few months at the isolated interior station with optimism, lacking awareness of the psychological perils of the boredom and sense of insignificance that await them during their months at the station.
Conrad also notes the limited nature of the two agents' imaginations. Had they been more imaginative, they might have understood better the peril they were...
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