El viaje de vuelta: del narrador al héroe en The Shadow-Line

Abstract

In the author's note Conrad stated that the aim of The Shadow-Line was "the presentation of certain facts which certainly were associated with te change from youth, carefree and fervent, to the more self-conscious and more poignant period of maturer life". It is a first person narrative in which a distinetion should be made between the narrator and bis young persona, through wbose perspective te events and incidents of the story are filtered, coloured and conditioned. Ihe changing imagery, used to refer to te situations wbich arise, reflects te whole gamut of te young man’s moods, suggesting the distance which separates bis early enthusiasm from bis later despair. This despair and the difficulties which ful the protagonist’s first command, are overcome througb the help and efforts of ihe men, to whom te motto «worthy of my undying regard» refers