Finish reading Chapter 1 of Heart of Darkness.
I encourage you to read slowly...try to catch the nuances of Conrad's language:
try to hear the irony,
look for the ways the setting/the land acts as a character in the novel-what does it do,
recogize allusions (Mephistophecles, Eldorado Exploring Expedition),
pay attention to each juxtaposition and paradox,
notice Marlow's tendency to reflect on self and then reject that self-reflection for work,
note where the actual narrator speaks rather than Marlow.
Write on your own notebook paper everything Marlow finds out about Kurtz. Look through all of chapter 1 for making this list.
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