1. Heart Of Darkness
Marlow's journey from London to the mouth of the Congo River quickly begins and as the steamboat chugs down the impenetrable coastline, briefly stopping at French stations to load and unload soldiers, docking with a French battleship upon which sailors died at a rate of three per day. ... Marlow wonders if the trip to hear Kurtz is worth the life of the black helmsman-a notion that would have been unthinkable to him had he not made this journey into the "heart of darkness." ...
- Word Count: 4309
- Approx Pages: 17
- Grade Level: High School