Once Marlow starts telling his story, the first scene with the men on the Nellie, and the narrator’s role seem irrelevant or to have lost importance. At least for the rest of the first part because the novel isn’t telling their story but Marlow’s story. I think that this way of setting the story in motion is interesting even though the reason for it isn’t evident. I think that the author may have wanted to start by telling us about the Nellie and giving us a narrator that is not Marlow so that we can have an outside view of the character. Considering the rest of the story is told through Marlow’s words, the original narrator’s perception of the explorer is the only one we have besides the idea we would get of him through his own words.
Also, the author may have wanted to start the novel on the Thames so as to create a more impactful contrast with the setting of Marlow’s story. It could even serve as a general introduction to an explorer or sailor’s world, as the narrators’ observations do mostly concern life as an explorer and as a sailor. These observations will then be important throughout the rest of the part.
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