Journal Nov. 16

Overall, I enjoyed Heart of Darkness. I felt like it was a very good book to read. I thought that it was confusing at times and discussing it in class helped a lot. It had a lot of symbolism that I didn't pick up on right apt thoe beginning but after we talked in class I began to enjoy the book even more. I think that the protagonist could either be Marlow or the Congo and the antagonist could be either Marlow or the Congo. I believe that the Congo was the protagonist and all of the Europeans settling around the Congo were the antagonists. I think that heart of darkness could mean the heart of Africa. It could all mean the heart of up advanced people. Another possible thing that it could mean is colonization. The Europeans were trying to do something good which would be the heart. However this thing they were trying to do turned to be a bad thing for the colonized people and that was the darkness.

Questions for seminar:

- Do you think Conrad was racist?

- Do you think that the arguement in Image of Africa were valid?

- What do you think heart of darkness means?