Marlow, with a great deal of help from a loving aunt, obtained a job as a skipper for one of their boats. ... After two hundred miles, they arrive at the Central Station only to learn that his boat is at the bottom of the river in need of repair. ... Marlow and Kurtz are just open-minded travelers who are changed forever by learning the truth about the world they come from....
Open your word processor and press Ctrl+V. ... He traveled down the coast and up the river, and hiked 200 miles overland to reach his boat, which was sunk. ... Conrad, rather than waiting and fixing the boat, enlisted on another steamboat and traveled up river, getting very sick along the way. On the way back down the river, the captain was sicker than he was, so he got to captain the boat then. ... The important changes made seems to be that he is in charge of the boat, and thus is in control of his own journey to the heart of darkness. ...
To become fully aware individuals, our identity must be open to all forms of alteration, even if this deviates from our social conditioning. ... The novel begins with Charlie Marlow, along with a few of his friends, sailing aboard the Nellie, a pleasure boat, at the mouth of the Thames outside London. On the boat, Marlow begins to tell of his experiences in the Congo. ... Finally, Marlow arrives at the Central Station where he is forced to stay for several months repairing his boat. ...
They try stop them but before they know it, Marlow and Kurtz are on the boat. However, as they are leaving, Marlow notices the unusual way Kurtz's mistress shows her dissent: "She opened her bared arms and threw them up rigid above her head, as though in an uncontrollable desire to touch the sky...
The novel opens on the deck of a large sailing vessel called the Nellie. ... The river is dark brown and just barely flowing, the forest becomes so thick right before they reach the inner station that the men aboard the steamer could not even see the savages that would soon ambush their boat. ... As the crew onboard the Nellie wait for the turn of the tide, there are other boats floating on top of the river with their lights gleaming out over the still water. ...
