In Joseph Conrad's novel, "Heart of Darkness," the character that is based upon the real person, Camille Delcommune, is the General Manager of the main company station (there are 3 outposts). In this instance, the manager is the villain in the story. He is directly or indirectly the cause for all the disorder, waste, cruelty, and neglect that curses all the company outposts. He is in charge of it all. Charles Marlow, a major character, suggests that the manager arranged to wreck the company ship in order to delay sending help to Mr. Kurtz, an ivory trader who features prominently in the story. He stops riveters (workers who fix sheets of metal together with thick metal pins) from coming to the coastal area to complete the ship's needed repairs.

At the manager's command, a boy is beaten unmercifully because a shed full of trash is burned up. Next, his conversation with his uncle reveals just how treacherous both men can be. His physical appearance is ordinary and his skills are few. His good health gives him an edge over other men. He seems to have little or no trepidation in what he does.

On the trip upriver, the manager delights in all the delays. After going 1000 miles to relieve Kurtz, he orders the ship to turn around. They were less than two miles from their destination. The manager's effect on people and in all situations is to cause pain and turmoil.

With the real Delcommune, it was written in reviews that Conrad "… despised this man heartily."

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