Journal Nov. 14 Addition

I thought of this like five minutes after I published my first journal. I think that the Congo represents Africa's growth and development towards technology. The Congo River is hard to travel and it takes a long time. It is also very windy with lots of turns. Africa is thought to be behind in technology and it is slowly starting to become more use to technology. This is like the river. Things move slow on the river and technology is growing slowly in Africa. It is hard for so e people in Africa to become use to technology just like it is hard to travel the Congo. However on the Thames River they are not going any where. This is because the tide is out. They are just going with the flow. This is kind of like England and technology. England is up to speed with technology so they can keep up with the technology of other countries. They can just go with the flow since they do not have to try to catch up. They will advance when the rest advances. The tide of the Thames represents the rest of the world and the boats on the Thames represents England. When the tide(world) is not moving it is very very hard for the boats(England) to move forward. However as soon as the tide(world) moves in or advances the boats(England) moves in or advances.