Joesph Conrads short story the Lagoon, irony is irrelivant in the form of Arsat. He has worked so hard to accomplish happiness, and in the long run, all of his work and striving resulted to nothing. With Diamelions death, he comes to the point that he realizes he is alone. Desolite in his isolation, he regrets the actions he has taken against his brother and his country. Doomed to remain in the placid yet merky …showed first 75 words of 2078 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2078 total…Africa itself is reduced to a metaphor for that which white Europeans fear withinthemselves. The people of Africa and the land they live in remain inscrutably alien, other. The title, they argue, impliesthat Africa is the "heart of darkness," where whites who "go native" risk releasing the "savage" within themselves.Defenders of Conrad sometimes argue that the narrator does not speak in Conrad's own voice, and that a layer of irony conceals his true views.