Question

Which line in the following excerpt from Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness indicate a flashback?

Answer 1

A flashback in narrative is a scene from the past. Whenever a character introduces a flashback in the story, he is remembering a past experience or an event from the past, something that has already happened. In the excerpt, the line that indicates a flashback is "I suppose you fellows remember I did once turn fresh-water sailor for a bit". In this line, the speaker is talking about something that has already happened, something that he did in the past.

Answer 2

Answer: "...We knew we were fated, before the ebb began to run, to hear about one of Marlow's inconclusive experiences," is a sentence that indicates Marlow is going to tell of an old memory of his—which is, in literary terms, a flashback.