The Heart of Darkness in Groveland - Chris

As the book progressed I became more and more interested in Sheriff McCall. King tricks the reader initially into thinking that he is this enforcer of the law in a place where law is taken into the hands of the many. He has prevented this lynching of innocent men and he deserves to be commended for it. This reminds me of the way Marlow becomes familiar with Kurtz. He is given all this information from others and is led to believe that Kurtz is the best and the brightest of their generation. When he finally meets Kurtz, Marlow finds that his brilliance has been warped and he now seems evil. This is shown when, just after he prevents the lynching, he participated in brutal and illegal interrogations. His transformation into this representation of evil like Kurtz is finalized when he kills two of the Groveland boys who sentences have been overturned thanks to Marshall. I was interested to see his transformation from a man who upheld the law to one who took the law into his own hands, in this case unjustly.