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Dec 14, 2009
Joy
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it was ok
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Within us as humans is desire to discover. Whether it's to a travel to a unknown land or to understand the depths of the world around you, we thrive on discovery. In Joseph Conrad's classic, Heart of Darkness, discovery is what pushed this expedition through. Our narrator gives us an unyielding look at man's quest for discovery, and sometimes, it's a dark journey. As the characters navigated through the deep interior of Africa, the jungles of the Congo, fueled by the discovery of ivory and meeti
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A beautifully, descriptive work. The descriptions of place are outstanding. The slow pace of the work mirrors the leisurely, lazy flow of the river and the slow lives of the characters. The darkness that inhabits the place and the human soul is always at the heart of this work. But, it didn't have the emotional pull on me. Therefore its a three for this book.
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