Can you check these sentences for me, please? Thank you very much.
1) Marlow is presented as a professional soldier who is more comfortable at sea than on land.
2) He does not only like telling stories but also understanding the people in the stories and the places where the stories had taken place.
3) He believes conquest is an ugly thing which involves robbing and killing weak men.
4) He thinks of the Romans who first sailed up the river Thames.
5) At that time England was a dark, frightening place full of forests and dangerous savages. At this point Marlow begins his story of the river journey he once made into the depths of the Belgian Congo.
6) He confesses he has always wanted to explore the inside of Africa.
2. "He does not only" = very awkward. How else can you phrase this sentence?
The rest are fine.