Heart of Darkness

The beginning of Heart of Darkness sets the reader on a very long path towards a journey. By beginning with a snap shot of time , an anchoring ship, the author places an emphasis on stillness and allows the reader to take the situation into perspective and really become a part of the lavish and dangerous journey the author took when he went to Africa. The stillness of the ship at the beginning of the book personally gave me a foreshadowing of a glacial pace which I'm assuming the story will move at. Although the journey may span over several descriptive pages I've always been intrigued by this era of conquest and colonization in Africa which is why I'm extremely excited to get through the book.