HEART OF DARKNESS

3-11
a-"he resembled a pilot, which to a seamen is trustworthiness personified."
I- this qoute shoes how the men on the ships saw their capitan. He was a good man to them, somebody they all looked up to. To them he was the symbol of trust.Trust personified. He was exactly the example they looked to.

A- "followed the sea" he was a seasmen, but also a wandered, most seamen lead a sedentary life, their minds are stay-at-home order and the homes are the ships"
I-This is confusing to me, because i thought all seasmen were wanderers. Mostly because they are always at sea. It seems like they would be always out at sea and they would consider that wandering. To me it seems like they would be wandering, always looking for an adventure. But its also ironic how it also says their homes are the ships. Does that mean they only live sedentary lives because they are at home, and the ship to them is home.

11-19
A-a place of darkness, big river, resembling an immense snake uncoiled, whith its head in the sea, its body at rest curving a far over a vast country, and its tail lost in the depths of the land . The snake had charmed me.
I-It is interesting that the man is telling his shipmates about places and trips he went on while he was younger. It is also interesting that he is making a reference to snakes here also. He is comparing the place to a snake. The sname charming him makes it seem like after a whlie he becomes obsessed with wanting to go to this place. Do evil things happen here? is that why it is being compared to a snake?

A-After capitan Freseven was killed because he was hitting a man with a stick. " the steamer Fresleven commanded left also in a bad panic in charge of the engineer, I believe. Afterwards nobody seemed to trouble much about his remains.:
I- I cant believe how the crew just leaves him when he is killed. How could they just leave him at the villiage. they could of at least took his body with them. That is a little disrespectful to him because its like they didnt really care about him. They got scared and left like little kids.

19-27
A- the edge of a colossal jungle, so dark-green as to be almost black fringed with white surf, ran straight, like a ruled line, far far away along a blue sea whose glitter was blurred by a creeping mist.
I-The scenery of the village is discribed so vividly it seems like it would even look really really beautiful!. it looks probably untouched since its so natural over there. This is probably showing how the land was so rich in resources and everything they would want and need. It isnt talking about how they are ruining the land, stripping it of its natural resources and treasers.

A- boiler wallowing in the grass, railway truck laying on its back with wheels in the air, looked like a dead carcass of an animal, more pieces of decaying machinery, stack of rusty nails, a horn tooted and all the black people ran.
I- it is interesting how the scenery is described so beautiful in pages before this and now its so messed up. It is apparent that the setting became more negative as soon as he arrived at the company he was going to work for. It is almost like they dont really care about the bad things they do to the land. They just want what they can get, they dont try to keep up their area. It shows that they are probably going to be slightly negative people, who are selfish and only want what will benefit them

28-36
A-Who is Mr.Kurtz? "he is a very remarkable person"in charge of a trading post, a very important one. "sends in as much ivory as all the others put together"
I-From my knowledge on trading and ports and ivory, Im starting to wonder why he is such a great guy? because he can send in more ivory than anybody else. MAybe he has more slaves working for him and he puts them under harder conditions. He puts more pressure on them. So its not like is really a good guy, he just can send in a lot of ivory, therefore stripping the country of its natural resources.

A-"he was looking after the upkeep on the road, not that i could see any road, or any upkeep, unless the body of a middle aged nefro, with a bullet-hole in the forehead, upon which i absolutely stumbled on 3 miles later, may be considered as a permanent improvment"
I-ALthough MArlow is trying to make a joke about the man not doing or even having a job, it isnt right that he throws a dead man in there. It is almost like he is making fun of the dead man, by using his situation to be annoyed by somebody else. This shows how the people felt back then i guess, they didnt really care if the Africans died since they werent their people.

37-45
A-"A nigger was being beaten near by. They said he had caused the fire in some wat; be that as it may, he was screeching most horribly.I saw him later, fir several days, sitting in a bit of shade looking very sick and trying to recover himself."
I- that is really sad how this poor man is getting beaten so badly. It must be so bad for him. They dont even know if he started the fire, they probably just wanted somebody they could try to blame it on. Its not fair. This just shows the conditions they had to live with. And how severe and torturous some of the men were to their slaves