... where the journey takes place on the River Congo. The river acts as the path in for the Europeans allowing them entry to the inner Africa with out having to cross it, and furthermore giving them an inside perspective while the white man still is separate. "Going up that river was like traveling back to the earliest beginnings of the world ... nightmares." "The brown current ran swiftly out of the heart of darkness, bearing us down towards the sea with twice the speed of our upward progress; and Kurtz's life was running swiftly, too, ebbing, ebbing out of his heart into the sea of inexor...

• Word Count: 1071
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

... where the journey takes place on the River Congo. The river acts as the path in for the Europeans allowing them entry to the inner Africa with out having to cross it, and furthermore giving them an inside perspective while the white man still is separate. ?Going up that river was like traveling back to the earliest beginnings of the world ... nightmares.? "The brown current ran swiftly out of the heart of darkness, bearing us down towards the sea with twice the speed of our upward progress; and Kurtz's life was running swiftly, too, ebbing, ebbing out of his heart into the sea of inexor...

• Word Count: 1071
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School