Darkness

Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conradt, The Destination by Wang Anyi and Return to a Certain Darkness by Satendra Nandan, travel is a constant theme. While the protagonists, Marlow, Chen Xin and Nandan similarly travel around the world, their motives are not constant. They choose to travel for both personal and political reasons while gaining a larger understanding why their travel is important. The most prevalent reason for travel in these three stories is politically based. In Heart of Darkness,…

English Darby’s book How to See a Work of Art in Total Darkness the topic of “Black Representational Space” is discussed amongst other things. The book talks about “black art” and the proper representation of black art as far as agency goes. To start I would like to state the supposed functions of “black representational space.” The first function is to “designate a cultural territory related to struggle over relations of representation in regards to survival of black people”(English .29). This…

where heavier phrases like “I could see every rib” and “each had an iron collar on his neck” are placed at the beginning of clauses, catching the reader off-guard with unsettling information. The descriptive, carefully structured form of Heart of Darkness paints a painfully uncomfortable image for the reader, highlighting the severe oppression of the African people and contributing to the decline of false consciousness concerning colonial capitalism. George Orwell brilliantly reveals financial…

William Styron’s Darkness visible: A memoir of madness is an account of depression, suicidal ideation, and eventual recovery. The memoir begins with a trip that Styron took to Paris in 1985 to receive the Prix Mondial Cinco del Duca that resulted in an embarrassing mishap. Styron’s depression was atypical in that it worsened over the course of the day. He arranged to have lunch with his French publisher, disregarding his luncheon with Simone del Duca, and had to attribute the incident to his…

Question 1: The frame narrator has heard Marlow’s stories before. How does he set up the reader’s expectations about Marlow’s narration? (To keep your answers within the word limit, choose one example to comment on). The frame narrator foregrounds Marlow’s atypical perspective of meaning, commenting, “[to Marlow] the meaning of an episode was not inside like a kernel, but outside enveloping the tale” (6). This passage is foundational in directing readers’ expectations, foreshadowing Marlow’s…

The “Out of Darkness” seminar was extremely informative as it heightened the awareness of suicide and prevention; hence, question, persuade, and refer. The audience in attendance was privileged to the committee of distinguished individuals within our community who shared personal testimonies of their encounters with suicide. Importantly, suicide can be preventable, as it does not just require the help of a professional in the mental health field. Much like sex, suicide is a difficult or delicate…

I can agree with Meghan Cox Gurdon about one thing in the article, Darkness Too Visible; YA literature has become much darker than it was in 1967. So what? All of the topics she laments have taken over YA literature are certainly not new. Profanity, kidnapping etc. have been around a lot longer than 1967. Are some of these topics not appropriate for kids at age 13? Maybe not, but that is for a parent to decide. That is, if a parent is actually monitoring what their child reads. Most parents…

towards better things, a center for trade of course, but also for humanizing, improving, instructing" (Conrad 548-64). This a quote from Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness and could be viewed as a metaphor for a life experience that forces a person to decide what kind of person they are going to be. The main character from Heart of Darkness, Marlow, can be seen as similar to Nick Carraway, the main character from Scott F. Fitzgerald 's The Great Gatsby, in the sense that they are both travelers.…

The topic I want to connect with the book and also learned in class is race/ethnicity discrimination. Out of Darkness by Ashley Hope Perez is set in the late 1930’s. This was the time period where racism was still very existent. There was segregation going on where colored people could not even go to certain places at certain times or not at all. In the book for example, Naomi one of the main characters who is “Mexican” goes to Turners General Store for some food. This store was particularly for…

Light. The end to darkness. A sight of hope and happiness. The vision of the great “I Am.” The end of the tunnel. The Holy Sacrifice. The Almighty Ruler. The exit from pain. The remedy for suffering. Light. The Bible talks about this concept at great length. Almost every time it refers to Jesus. The King of kings and Lord of lords, coming down to save us from darkness. He came to save us from sin. Sin that is with us from the moment we are born, to the time we take our last breath.…