Problem: Read the statement below, and then decide whether agree or disagree with. Be prepared to support opinion with details from the story.
Discussion prompt:
When Conrad uses the phrase "the noble cause" to describe colonialism, he is being sarcastic.
"No doubt he was; but he had been a couple of years already out there engaged in the noble cause, you know, and he probably felt the need at last of asserting his self-respect in some way."