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A review by williamzzengg
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
4.0
"I looked around, and I don't know why, but I assure you that never, never before, did this land, this river, this jungle, the very arch of this blazing sky, appear to me so hopeless and so dark, so impenetrable to human thought, so pitiless to human weakness."
This book started slowly, but the end was like riding a steamboat into the heart of an unexplored forest of Congo. As you read onward, Conrad pulls you deeper into a heart of darkness...or perhaps the darkness was within you all along?
I read this book for a class so maybe I should start thinking coherently...this book talks about some things. The search for meaning. The inability to find meaning (oh the absurd!) Human nature contrasted against modern civilization (and its resistance to a savagery that lies within all of us). There are also themes of colonialism and racism too, against the backdrop of a meaningless world, and civilizations built to honor such.
I am going to fail this class.
This book started slowly, but the end was like riding a steamboat into the heart of an unexplored forest of Congo. As you read onward, Conrad pulls you deeper into a heart of darkness...or perhaps the darkness was within you all along?
I read this book for a class so maybe I should start thinking coherently...this book talks about some things. The search for meaning. The inability to find meaning (oh the absurd!) Human nature contrasted against modern civilization (and its resistance to a savagery that lies within all of us). There are also themes of colonialism and racism too, against the backdrop of a meaningless world, and civilizations built to honor such.
I am going to fail this class.