Posessed by power: "Heart of Darkness" by Joseph Conrad

When separated from technological civilization humans often adopt new values and different views on life. The lack of technology and being surrounded by primitive beings changes one's perspective on the world. Sometimes people change for the better, but often for the worse. In the novel Heart of Darkness a character, Kurtz, goes into the Congo to earn money for his future. He lived with the natives of the land and they changed his view on …

…minds are often corrupted by the chance to be looked up to, even when it could jeopardize their whole life leading up to the occasion. Humans collapse when put into absolute power; their values and rationality are often abandoned, and their lives turn for the worse. There is no way that one person can completely control hundreds of others without succumbing to the opportunity of corruption. It is well known that: absolute power corrupts absolutely.