Heart of Darkness opens on a boat called "Nellie." ... Conrad illustrates Marlow's changing perspective in a scene involving the cannibals. ... 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." ... Conrad follows the chaotic scene on the shore and the strange conversations on the steamboat with a nightmarish scene in the jungle. ... Bobbing about on the Thames, the narrator spies incoming clouds and remarks that even the river upon which they now sit...

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• Approx Pages: 17
• Grade Level: High School