I'm not quite sure if this is the thread to the literary elements homework, but I sure hope it is. The members on the boat are significant in their own little way, and while they are a necessity, I feel like they hold each other back. As discussed in class, one might symbolize the human mind, where ...

We're a bunch of Sophomores (10th graders) from Balboa High School in San Francisco, California. (:

There's always a sense of feeling lost. Marlow is a wanderer but also a sailor, so even though it may seem like he has a home, he will never be satisfied with just one place. Furthermore, Africa had not been explored yet, and judging from the vote we had the other day about who would actually travel...

From previous books I've read, I've realized that darkness does not always mean evil, just like how light does not always mean something good. The heart can be seen as the control of everything in a human body, and Marlow is trying to searching for the central system in Africa. I may be going at thi...

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