https://padlet.com/julie_burrows1/r1ikt4n1qpec notes and impressions en-us 2018-08-23 00:59:34 UTC 2018-08-23 10:54:47 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Folder.png https://padlet.com/julie_burrows1/r1ikt4n1qpec/wish/274741767 Conrad relates to his journey by placing his real story into a fictional one]]> 2018-08-23 01:07:42 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_burrows1/r1ikt4n1qpec/wish/274741767 zcoulstonwilliams https://padlet.com/julie_burrows1/r1ikt4n1qpec/wish/274741782 Ultimately suggests that Heart of Darkness tells a comforting lie rather than the truth; this itself is a reflection of the society at the time and the ignorance of the racism in the Congo]]> 2018-08-23 01:07:46 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_burrows1/r1ikt4n1qpec/wish/274741782 julie_burrows1 https://padlet.com/julie_burrows1/r1ikt4n1qpec/wish/274741787 setting the opening of HOD on the Thames allows conrad to criticise imperialism by the lack of differences between the so-called civilized societies and the so-called primitive ones

Africa
river journey

]]> 2018-08-23 01:07:50 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_burrows1/r1ikt4n1qpec/wish/274741787 https://padlet.com/julie_burrows1/r1ikt4n1qpec/wish/274741869 europeans are not essentially more highly evolved or enlightened than people whose territories they invade 

]]> 2018-08-23 01:08:25 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_burrows1/r1ikt4n1qpec/wish/274741869 https://padlet.com/julie_burrows1/r1ikt4n1qpec/wish/274742024 The journey that Marlow takes is - as indicated by the article - a journey that Conrad took. ]]> 2018-08-23 01:09:14 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_burrows1/r1ikt4n1qpec/wish/274742024 https://padlet.com/julie_burrows1/r1ikt4n1qpec/wish/274742072 The novella contains a bitter
 critique of imperialism in the Congo ]]> 2018-08-23 01:09:37 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_burrows1/r1ikt4n1qpec/wish/274742072 zcoulstonwilliams https://padlet.com/julie_burrows1/r1ikt4n1qpec/wish/274742241 Kurtz is the 'ultimate proof' of kinship between Europe and the natives. Demonstrates that Kurtz ends up being consumed by the same "forgotten and brutal instincts he once intended to suppress." This suggests that it is impossible to suppress the true nature of humanity.]]> 2018-08-23 01:11:01 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_burrows1/r1ikt4n1qpec/wish/274742241 https://padlet.com/julie_burrows1/r1ikt4n1qpec/wish/274742450 Marlow believing that Kurtz's report of the International Society of Suppression of Savage customs, is ignorantly shaming the African culture. Marlow however continues to hold his belief on this even through the obvious "horror" of treatment towards as they call them, "savages"]]> 2018-08-23 01:12:18 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_burrows1/r1ikt4n1qpec/wish/274742450 https://padlet.com/julie_burrows1/r1ikt4n1qpec/wish/274742705 Conrad attacks imperialism for failing to live up to its own ideals;  kurtz is a great example of this, as he wants to "exterminate all the brutes" and ends up becoming one of them. He also mocks imperialism for how mighty it thinks itself- a french ship firing into a continent, what could it possibly be hoping to acheive?]]> 2018-08-23 01:13:51 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_burrows1/r1ikt4n1qpec/wish/274742705 https://padlet.com/julie_burrows1/r1ikt4n1qpec/wish/274742905 2018-08-23 01:15:21 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_burrows1/r1ikt4n1qpec/wish/274742905 julie_burrows1 https://padlet.com/julie_burrows1/r1ikt4n1qpec/wish/274742968 words to use and define]]> 2018-08-23 01:15:55 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_burrows1/r1ikt4n1qpec/wish/274742968 sasukecorvin https://padlet.com/julie_burrows1/r1ikt4n1qpec/wish/274743124 It is inside of people and outside of people, with Marlow comments about Kurts of "the barren darkness of his heart" ]]> 2018-08-23 01:17:14 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_burrows1/r1ikt4n1qpec/wish/274743124 zcoulstonwilliams https://padlet.com/julie_burrows1/r1ikt4n1qpec/wish/274743140 Psychological horror story; described as the "tour de force" of its time

]]> 2018-08-23 01:17:22 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_burrows1/r1ikt4n1qpec/wish/274743140 https://padlet.com/julie_burrows1/r1ikt4n1qpec/wish/274743251 2018-08-23 01:18:25 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_burrows1/r1ikt4n1qpec/wish/274743251 julie_burrows1 https://padlet.com/julie_burrows1/r1ikt4n1qpec/wish/274743881 The character and actions of the protagonist]]> 2018-08-23 01:23:05 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_burrows1/r1ikt4n1qpec/wish/274743881 zcoulstonwilliams https://padlet.com/julie_burrows1/r1ikt4n1qpec/wish/274744198 - "remote, desolate corner of the empire"]]> 2018-08-23 01:25:17 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_burrows1/r1ikt4n1qpec/wish/274744198 sasukecorvin https://padlet.com/julie_burrows1/r1ikt4n1qpec/wish/274744228 And the lie that Marlow says to her to comfort her about Kurtz's last words. ]]> 2018-08-23 01:25:29 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_burrows1/r1ikt4n1qpec/wish/274744228 https://padlet.com/julie_burrows1/r1ikt4n1qpec/wish/274744262 "Those heads on the stakes."
It gives me the shakes.]]> 2018-08-23 01:25:48 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_burrows1/r1ikt4n1qpec/wish/274744262 https://padlet.com/julie_burrows1/r1ikt4n1qpec/wish/274744634 Kurtz always said what he believed no matter what response people gave. This is the opposite of quietism. His belief and Pangloss's beliefs both make people question the society.]]> 2018-08-23 01:28:45 UTC https://padlet.com/julie_burrows1/r1ikt4n1qpec/wish/274744634