1.) “…no sensible man rejects wantonly the confidence of his superiors…” (Conrad 36)
Everybody wants to be accepted, no body wants to feel as though they are an outcast on society and disliked by others. Some people may give off the sense that they really don’t care, but for the most part, people do. We go through life thinking about what is socially acceptable and trying to abide by what is, people strive to be better than what they are everyday. Conrad is stating that when given the option to be liked or disliked by people that are ‘above’ you socially no one would choose to be disliked; that being said, we rarely are given the choice but it is true that for the most part, people want to be accepted by those equal, above, and below them.
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what happens if the word "suggests" slips into the place of "states" -- how would your analysis feel if the language was less definitive, but still strong in tone?
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