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AJ- motif of food= communion/connection with her mother both positive and negative

TTTC- motif of food= connection between Mary Ann and Mark Fozzie when he describes (directly characterizes) her and her life as food

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AJ- "the black thing"= a negative unknown having to do with the relationship with her mother

HOD- "darkness"= also a negative unknown about the congo

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LOTS of INdirect (oops) characterization (via first person POV, etc.)

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Lucifer (young)/religion/Paradise Lost

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The Villain: Western Civilization

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Doppelganger: Kurtz vs. Marlow.
Kurtz represents what Marlow would have become if he continued to be guided against the veil of ignorance.

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The Villain: European Civilization

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Doppelgangers: Orleanna vs. Nathan

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Journey- Self- Actualization.
Orleanna goes on a journey which cause her veil of ignorance, based on western civilization, to be lifted.

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Marlow- everyone is dark and evil
RM- so? get over it. let your heart of darkness go

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voices - Kurtz is a voice, voices have power

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Both go to Africa for answers and change. They sacrifice many things along the way.

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Adah: palindromes reflect her character and her crippled state; she is obsessed with palindromes because they're "complete", unlike her who has half a brain, half a working body, and is half of a set of twins

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Marlow breaks the perception of the Africans by the Europeans just like Kingsolver

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Both Leah and marlow praise someone, Leah looks up to Nathan/God and marlow strives to find Kurtz.
Both opinions change over time, Leah ends up looking down on her father and marlows perception/opinion of Kurtz changes as he gets to know him

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Both the inner station of hod and the village of the prices are not fully defined - Conrad never fully explains where they are and the Prices can't go back to the village after

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Marlow's loss of faith in civilization is foreshadowed by his interaction with the two knitting women, the story of Fresleven, etc

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Journey- Self- Actualization.
Marlow undergoes a journey that leads to a self discovery and the question of human nature; the European veil of ignorance.

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Ruth May's death: her obsession with green mamba snakes, her innocence, etc

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Orleanna and Marlow
- Marlow realized the corruption in the Congo. (Decay of innocence)
- Orleanna's transition from an inferior to superior character.

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Adah and marlow eventually understand the value of the society they came from and looked down upon them.

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Characters from both come from western civilizations

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Both authors had first hand experiences in the Congo and wrote novels later in life to convey their messages

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Marlow's story is a flashback and Orleanna speaks in flashbacks. Both authors do this to convey the guilt of caused by western ignorance

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In HOD the Russian man is dedicated to Kurtz, while in PWB Leah starts of dedicated to Nathan. Dedication to other characters results in self-destruction in Leah and the Russian man.

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Both are in the third person where we can see at least 2 different views and therefore two opinions

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Marlow and the Price family face their main obstacle: the Congo, the Congolese, the politics of the Congo, etc, while trying to obtain their respective goals. The Congo forces certain aspects of themselves to change( Marlow's morality, Leah'a devotion).

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Both Marlow and the daughters go into the Congo without knowing what to expect- had unrealistic expectations.

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In both 🖤 and P🌲⛪, the characters within are further elaborated upon by their psychology and their mental states that create who they are and what they do. (E.g. Kurtz's spiral to near insanity, and Adah as a whole)

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Both novels are written in hindsight where the narrators have had time to reflect and make meaning