Like most people in this class I struggled with Joseph
Conrad’s text, as far into the work as I
read that is. I found it to be
indulgently slow and over complicated.
His lush, descriptions intended to enhance the viewer’s visual
stimulation and understanding, as well as to most likely get Joseph Conrad off
just a little bit, overcomplicated the story and rendered myself very easily
sidetracked. Heart of Darkness is of
course an important literary work submersing us into the horrors and darkness
that is colonialism; I just struggled with the way in which Conrad laid out the
story. It is entertaining comparing the
text to Disney’s portrayal of the pilgrims in Pocahontas.
