What might the arrival steamer and its eurpoean passengers symbolize to kurtz? also why do you think kurtz preferred the wilderness to the relative saftery of the ship?

Kurtz is one crazy guy. He was drawn into the heart of dearness, the Congo beckoned. He preferred the wild to the civilized. Kurtz deconstructed himself and imagined himself a demi-god of the Congo. The European steamship was a threat to Kurtz. These pudgy white pilgrims were a pestilence that, to Kurtz, wanted a piece of his glory, a piece of his world.