MAP 1: Introducing Joseph Conrad

•  it addresses the timeless struggle of man’s self-deception and inner conflicts, influenced by Conrad’s own sense of isolation from his past
• exploitation and barbarity between European and African societies during 19th Century colonial expansionism. 
•  Conrad was the only child born to Evelina Bobrowska (1832–1865) and Apollo Korzeniowski, (1820–1869) patriot, writer, and translator of such authors’ works as Victor Hugo’s and William Shakespeare’s
• four-year old Joseph and his parents were exiled to the province of Vologda in Northern Russia. The living conditions and harsh climate took their toll on Joseph’s parents: they both contracted tuberculosis, Evelina dying of it in 1865, Apollo in 1869. He was celebrated at his death by the Poles in patriotic honour.
• twelve Joseph became the ward of his maternal uncle Tadeusz Bobrowski (d.1894), a landowner who lived in Cracow, Poland. He was a great support to Joseph morally and financially for many years to come.

These are the facts that I chose because they are what influence Joseph Conrad to write his novels.