Blog Post #22

Heart of Darkness Part 3 Read Along!

• Kurtz makes us see revelations
• hes Russian
• "Save me! -save the ivory, you mean. Don't tell me. Save me!" Kurtz first words
• uses red and black as colors
• impenetrable darkness, darkness of his heart, heart of darkness. Foreshadowing??
• guy is bipolar goes from cheery to sad
• ivory highlights futility of Africa    The appetite for more ivory had got the better of the--what shall I say?  Less material aspirations."  
• Mr. Kurtz has changed
• Marlow is becoming the one who is changed by the darkness, he is oppressed by secrets.
• Kurtz became nothing more than a shadow to Marlow
• Confused on pages 59-61
• Horror, horror? Why??
• Kurtz thought he could change the darkness
• Marlow lies to the girl about Kurtz's last words