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Wow how long has it been since i've updated....and when i finally do it's for school. Anyway, no one really has to read this entry seeing as how in the absence of email this is how our english project is getting done.
Here you go ashley!
1. “They were conquerors, and for that you want only brute force-nothing to boast of, when you have it, since your strength is just an accident arising from the weakness of others they grabbed what they could get for the sake of what was to be got It was just robbery with violence, aggravated murder on a great scale, and men going at it blind-as is very proper for those who tackle a darkness.” (4)
a. This was at the beginning before he started telling the story. I picked it basically because it was a good intro to the story, and sets the stage for all the violence later on.
2. “It was only months and months afterwards, when I made the attempt to recover what was left of the body, that I heard the original quarrel arose from a misunderstanding about some hens. Yes, two black hens. Fresleven-that was the fellow’s name, a Dane-thought himself wronged somehow n the bargain, so he went ashore and started to hammer the chief of the village with a stick.” (6)
a. “He whacked the old nigger mercilessly, while a big crowd of people watched him, thunderstruck, till some man-I was told the chief’s son-in desperation at hearing the old chap yell, made a tentative jab with a spear at the white man-and of course it went quite easy between the shoulder blades.” (7)
b. I didn’t know which quote was better for violence, the first or the second. The first one shows how futile and absurd the violence was, but the second one is more vivid with the details.
3. “They walked erect and slow, balancing small baskets full of earth on their heads, and the clink kept time with their footsteps. Black rags were wound round their loins, and the short ends behind waggled to and fro like tails. I could see every rib, the joints of their limbs were like knots in a rope; each had an iron collar on his neck, and all were connected together with a chain whose bights swung between them, rhythmically clinking.” (13)
a. This is when he sees the black slaves in the chain line. There are tons of other good descriptions on that page, but I thought this was the best.
4. “He was useful because he had been instructed; and what he knew was this-that should the water in that transparent thing disappear, the evil spirit inside the boiler would get angry through the greatness of his thirst, and take a terrible vengeance. So he sweated and fired up and watched the glass fearfully …” (33)
a. This is a description of that boiler guy they trained on the boat. I figured it was a good example of cruelty.
5. “For the rest, the only thing to eat-though it didn’t look eatable in the least-I say in their possession was a few lumps of some stuff flike half-cooked dough, of a dirty lavender color, they kept wrapped in leaves, and now and then swallowed a piece of, but so small that it seemed done for more the looks of the thing than for any seriously purpose of sustenance.” (37)
a. “It takes a man all his inborn strength to fight hunger properly. It’s really easier to face bereavement, dishonor, and the perdition of one’s soul-than this kind of prolonged hunger.” (38)
b. These two quotes were about the cannibals on the ship. I wanted to include a quote about them because it seemed cruel that they would have to starve and have their food thrown overboard, but we can throw this quote out if you want to.
6. “It was very simple, and at the end of that moving appeal to every altruistic sentiment it blazed at you, luminous and terrifying, like a flash of lightning in a serene sky: ‘Exterminate all the brutes!’” (46)
a. This quote was from when Marlow was reading Kurtz’s report near the end. The report is all altruistic….let’s save the blacks and help them!...but then at the end it says “exterminate all brutes!” so I thought that would be good to show off the hypocrisy of it all: using violence and cruelty as a means to civilization.
7. “Sticks, little sticks, were flying about-thick: they were whizzing before my nose, dropping below me, striking behind me against my pilot house. All this time the river, the shore, the woods, were very quiet-perfectly quiet.” (40)
a. “With one hand I felt above my head for the line of the steam whistle, and jerked out screech after screech hurriedly. The tumult of angry and warlike yells was checked instantly, and then from the depths of the woods went out such a tremulous and prolonged wail of mournful fear and utter despair as may be imagined to follow the flight of the last hope from the earth.” (42)
b. I tried to find a quote from the little battle between the natives and the white people on the ship for you to use in the Pocahontas thing, but these were all I could find, I hope they’re good enough.
Here you go ashley!
1. “They were conquerors, and for that you want only brute force-nothing to boast of, when you have it, since your strength is just an accident arising from the weakness of others they grabbed what they could get for the sake of what was to be got It was just robbery with violence, aggravated murder on a great scale, and men going at it blind-as is very proper for those who tackle a darkness.” (4)
a. This was at the beginning before he started telling the story. I picked it basically because it was a good intro to the story, and sets the stage for all the violence later on.
2. “It was only months and months afterwards, when I made the attempt to recover what was left of the body, that I heard the original quarrel arose from a misunderstanding about some hens. Yes, two black hens. Fresleven-that was the fellow’s name, a Dane-thought himself wronged somehow n the bargain, so he went ashore and started to hammer the chief of the village with a stick.” (6)
a. “He whacked the old nigger mercilessly, while a big crowd of people watched him, thunderstruck, till some man-I was told the chief’s son-in desperation at hearing the old chap yell, made a tentative jab with a spear at the white man-and of course it went quite easy between the shoulder blades.” (7)
b. I didn’t know which quote was better for violence, the first or the second. The first one shows how futile and absurd the violence was, but the second one is more vivid with the details.
3. “They walked erect and slow, balancing small baskets full of earth on their heads, and the clink kept time with their footsteps. Black rags were wound round their loins, and the short ends behind waggled to and fro like tails. I could see every rib, the joints of their limbs were like knots in a rope; each had an iron collar on his neck, and all were connected together with a chain whose bights swung between them, rhythmically clinking.” (13)
a. This is when he sees the black slaves in the chain line. There are tons of other good descriptions on that page, but I thought this was the best.
4. “He was useful because he had been instructed; and what he knew was this-that should the water in that transparent thing disappear, the evil spirit inside the boiler would get angry through the greatness of his thirst, and take a terrible vengeance. So he sweated and fired up and watched the glass fearfully …” (33)
a. This is a description of that boiler guy they trained on the boat. I figured it was a good example of cruelty.
5. “For the rest, the only thing to eat-though it didn’t look eatable in the least-I say in their possession was a few lumps of some stuff flike half-cooked dough, of a dirty lavender color, they kept wrapped in leaves, and now and then swallowed a piece of, but so small that it seemed done for more the looks of the thing than for any seriously purpose of sustenance.” (37)
a. “It takes a man all his inborn strength to fight hunger properly. It’s really easier to face bereavement, dishonor, and the perdition of one’s soul-than this kind of prolonged hunger.” (38)
b. These two quotes were about the cannibals on the ship. I wanted to include a quote about them because it seemed cruel that they would have to starve and have their food thrown overboard, but we can throw this quote out if you want to.
6. “It was very simple, and at the end of that moving appeal to every altruistic sentiment it blazed at you, luminous and terrifying, like a flash of lightning in a serene sky: ‘Exterminate all the brutes!’” (46)
a. This quote was from when Marlow was reading Kurtz’s report near the end. The report is all altruistic….let’s save the blacks and help them!...but then at the end it says “exterminate all brutes!” so I thought that would be good to show off the hypocrisy of it all: using violence and cruelty as a means to civilization.
7. “Sticks, little sticks, were flying about-thick: they were whizzing before my nose, dropping below me, striking behind me against my pilot house. All this time the river, the shore, the woods, were very quiet-perfectly quiet.” (40)
a. “With one hand I felt above my head for the line of the steam whistle, and jerked out screech after screech hurriedly. The tumult of angry and warlike yells was checked instantly, and then from the depths of the woods went out such a tremulous and prolonged wail of mournful fear and utter despair as may be imagined to follow the flight of the last hope from the earth.” (42)
b. I tried to find a quote from the little battle between the natives and the white people on the ship for you to use in the Pocahontas thing, but these were all I could find, I hope they’re good enough.