Part one of term paper
Part I The novel opens at sunset on the deck of a cruising yawl, the Nellie, which at anchor on the Thames. Five men are lying back to rest and mediate, waiting for the tide to turn. One of them, Charles Marlow, thinks aloud about ancient England at the time when the conquering Romans came seeking wealth and power. He pauses, and then beg ...

Part two of term paper
... himself had experienced in his own life. After being examined by a doctor who measures his skull and cautions him to remain “calm” in the jungle, Marlow takes a French steamer to the mouth of the Congo River. The steamer moves very slowly, making many stops along its way, and Marlow marvels at the vastness and mystery of the jungle. They pass a French gunboat firing shells into the dense, black depths of the jungle. Marlow is told that there are enemy natives hidden there, but it is struck b ...