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the plot begins with Marlow and his crew on the Nelly. He then goes on to tell the story of his life.
1. He starts with him looking at the blank map of Africa, characterizes him as curious, oblivious, adventures
2. Goes the company admistiration, speaks to manager and he tells him to keep trading a secret. sets up what is wrong with going on the Congo. secretive.
3.  when Marlow is talking to the brick-maker. displays corrupt nature of the company

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Setting

The novel takes place during imperialistic times which highlights the view point that social classes are a big part of the conflict between the natives and the European men.

The Congo is important to the setting because that's where the natives live and the Europeans are trying to take over the land because the hot commodity at the time was ivory which is in the Congo.

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Conrad's life and Background

Conrad's parents were members of the Polish Noble class and were also
Polish patriots who conspired against oppressive Russian rule. They were arrested when Conrad was four and sentenced to life in Providence, and eventually died. He then was raised by his uncle and eventually became a mariner, sailing he seas to India, Singapore, Australia, and Africa.

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Brooke, Marly, Meghan

Perception vs Reality- Everyone views Kurtz as a higher up being, but we haven’t met him. Other people throw shade at him because they wish they had his power. DUALITY OF MAN.

Dismissive- The unreliability of Marlow is portrayed when we see him witnessing all the horrifying events, yet he does not acknowledge them fully. He offered food to a dying man and then the man died. Marlow did nothing. NARCISSISM

Jealousy/Arrogance- Marlow looks up to Kurtz and desires his power. Kurtz shapes Marlow’s desires.Marlow wants to meet Kurtz to see who this "Kurtz" is that everyone praises.

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Molly and Katie and marmar

Imperialism, Mercantilism, and racism.

During this time the trade was a prominent business and is what this novel is based of off. Race was interwoven into this by the traders being of one race and making the other race feel inferior. The historical context of the time sets the stage for the interactions between characters and also the inner thoughts of those characters, as we see with Marlow. He clearly is a product of the time, and his mindset is heavily influenced by imperialism and the idea of spreading the empire to protect the weaker "savages" by "civilizing" them. The way he seems unable to acknowledge the humanity of those oppressed is not unlike the mindset of other colonizers, and the time period he is in allows for this.

These three themes really drive the trade that the book is centered around.

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Flies - representation of death surrounding everyone, Beezlebub (Lord of Flies), In Lord of Flies there is a pig head (represents monster the kids feared, represents savagery of the conquering). Flies also go towards corpses -> decaying and true rotteness of humanity.

Boats- typically a symbol of freedom, exploration, navigation, discovery, and adventure, but in HOD it reprsents the arrival of the conquerer and represents destruction. Marlow’s own boat in Part 2 is incomplete sort of representing his own beliefs with the Company’s ideology (he is unsure, indecisive of his own beliefs in the imperialism of the conquering).

Painting - symbolism of (in)justice and the blindness of the people in the company to the horrors of what they are doing in the Congo. Also a symbol of conformity and assimilation forced on the native people of conquered lands as the woman in the painting is representative of the Statue of Liberty, which comes from France.

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The Congo is a place that allows humans to act brutally on one another with less inhibitions because they are away from society with true risk regarding their survival

Forest: The mysterious and unfriendly setting reflects the agents' inner opinions about the character of the natives: hostile and uncivilized.

The Outer Station: It is the first location that Marlow experiences how deep human brutality can extend.

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Olivia Katie
Darkness- Marlow fails to understand or create relationships with any human beings
Death- multiple deaths. Flies and  Black yarn occur in the novel when there is a death.
Ivory- representing greed within society

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For your assigned area, work to identify and explain at least (3) critical ideas, details, or descriptions that are significant as we journey from part one to part two.