Heart of Darkness

10-18-07
pgs 3-18
A
varnished spirits *3*
brooding motionless
bond of sea
holdign our hearts together through long periods of separation, it had the effect of making us tolerant of each others yarns-and even convictions *3-4*
Tidal current runs to a fro in its unceasing in its unceasing service, crowded with memories of men and ships it had borne to the rest of home or to the battles of the sea *5*
"has beeen one of hte dark places of the earth*6*
savages*8*
is the author refering to the black people as savages?
"the darkness" *8*
"land in a swamp, march through the woods, and in some inland post feel the savagery, the utter savagery, had closed around him-all that mysterious life of the wilderness that stirs in wht forest, in the jungles, in the hearts of wild men*8*
darkness*9*
It had ceased to be a blank space of delightful mystery-a white patch for a boy to dream gloriously over. It had become a place of darkness. *11*
pg 12
captain killed by natives
"2 black hens"
12-13 so he went ashore and started to hammer the chief of the village with a stick."
13
therefore he whacked the old nigger mercilessly, while a big crowd of his people watched him, thunderstruck....
13 mad terror
15 snake
16 guarding the door of darkness
18 weaning those ignorant millions from their horrid ways.

I
the author seems to be racist.
depicts this feeling of mistrust and fear of black men.
demoralizes them by refering to them as the "darkness"
men were sent there to "help" the black people change their horrid ways
if they did not comply they were beat
they are seen as savages.
the authors seems to emphasize savages a lot.

10-19-07
20-28
A
20
God forsaken wilderness
isolation
21
enemies
24 black
criminals
25
devils of greed
devils of violence
lusty red eyed devils
chain gang
26
black shapes
attitudes of pain, abandonment, and death



I
depicts the dislike of the place....considers it to a wilderness because the people there are considered "wild"
he feels isolation because he is on a boat
black men are to be thought of as enemies
he makes a comparison to the bible by saying devils of greed and violence..those are some of the 7 deadly sins
the black men are mistreated.

10-20-07
29-35
A
white man elegance
32
christian country
32
mutiny
35
faithless pilgrims

I
depicts the white man as being good
that a christian country is what is going to save these "wild" people
slaves had lead a mutiny
the faithless pilgrims were the slaves

10-22-07
36-44

A
38
dark
42
"beyond....Life"


I

refers to black man
they are seprated by a fence
speaks about how the country is like the heart to them.....maybe...i'm not sure

10-23-07
45-53
A
im kinda lost....
i think marlow is talking but i'm not entirely sure....
because it seems like he has been for a while but i think it switched up again

10-24-07
54-62
A
deeper and deeper into the heart of darkness *48*
I
this could mean that they are going into the center of africa more. and into the center of all the black population

10-25-07
63-71
A
ivory

I

10-26-07
72-80
A
I

10-27-07
81-89
A
I