... narrating his story he and the crew are waiting onboard the Nellie for the tide to turn. The turning of the tide represents the turning of the revolution which is taking place in the African Congo. The white men are continually trying to colonize the jungle so that they can easily get the ivory out and make wealth off of the land which in the future the hope to industrialize. The tide in history is about ... to turn. The European Kurtz symbolizes the decaying Western ... ...

• Word Count: 4389
• Approx Pages: 18
• Grade Level: High School

... he was unable to. Ross decided they needed to go to the jungle to see what had happened to the field team and also to try to find the diamonds the other team was supposed to find in the first place. They also had to try to beat a Japanese and a German team to the site, because the other two teams were also looking for those kind of diamonds ... had never been forced to face up to that fear they had to tranquilize her so she would get in the boat. The rapids were hard in the river, and they almost capsized, but they made it and had to start hiking through the jungle. During the plane rid...

• Word Count: 2719
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... to perhaps obtain some personal enlightenment. But the Russian sailor is also a fool. He is so awed by Kurtz's ideas that he becomes blind to the evil Kurtz does. Marlow tells his comrades earlier that a fool is safe from madness in the jungle: "you can be too dull even to ... know you are being assaulted by the powers of darkness-(p 70). The Russian is important because he tells Marlow about ... Kurtz, and Marlow begins to realize the extent of Kurtz's madness. At last, Marlow meets Kurtz. Although the event had been much anticipated throughout the ... of enlightenment and has lost ...

• Word Count: 4081
• Approx Pages: 16
• Grade Level: High School