It seems that from the very beginning of the Enigma of Life rules are ingrained in the human mental system. Humans are taught by their parents to listen, by their teachers to raise their hands, and by their governments to maintain order. Humans have an innate need for structure and order in their lives, something that fades as we age. To fill the void of structureless societies and find the truth about themselves; humans look to omniscient deities. In Chapter II of Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, Marlow embarks on a long journey to gain the guidance of the omniscient and enlightened ivory trader named Kurtz. Marlow, in the tumultuous environment of the African jungle, challenges the human condition. Why not? Everything, everything can be done in this country” (10). Men have no regard for the African Congo. Men see this place as a primitive society that brings no consequences for any of their misdeeds. Marlow sees this and wants something more than just empty men whom he describes as “less precious animals” (11). This is when Marlow begins to become obsessed with finding the powerful ivory trader Kurtz, the only man with morals, to be his voice of reason and to show him guidance. Marlow wants to know more about Kurtz, more than just "that man" (9) and decides to travel to reveal Kurtz's ambiguous identity. Marlow undertakes the perilous journey through the jungle, a place that reminded him of "traveling back to the beginning of the world" (11). Marlow and the crew of his steamer "crawl like a lazy beetle crawling across the floor of a high porch... towards Kurtz" (12). As Marlow travels he observes and comments on the wild nature of the surrounding landscape. The area is a place where “vegetation rebelled” (11). Although the English considered it a conquered area, it was still as wild as the inhabitants. As Marlow studies the “savage” inhabitants of the wilderness, he misses his helmsman because unlike the other whites he worked hard. The helmsman was a sailor, and Marlow begins to realize that sailors have an inexplicable brotherhood. With the helmsman dead, Marlow wonders if Kurtz might be dead too. The thought disturbs Marlow, who realizes that he longed to speak to Kurtz. More specifically, he wanted to "hear" what Kurtz had to say. He talks about his obsession and longing to hear Kurtz as "Absurd!". After Kurtz's death, Marlow begins to no longer have a purpose in life. He feels that "...he was robbed of a belief or missed a destiny in life" (23), which shows that Kurtz had so much value to Marlow that now in his absence he has essentially lost his belief or "faith" . This is a direct parallel to the loss of “faith” that Goodman Brown experiences when he loses his wife named Faith and after her death loses his faith in the Christian religion and humanity. Marlow, after discovering the book, begins to see that in the middle of the African jungle lies a bit of the civilized world. The discovery of the book was “unreal” (14) and Marlow's inability to tell “any such name” (14), the