The Heart of Darkness

On The Heart of Darkness I used the annotating style of reading-to-writing (pick up the author's style). I didn't really like this annotating process because it didn't allow me to enjoy the book fully. But I am glad that I tried this style on this book because out of all of the different authors i thought that his style was the most interesting. I thought that it was interesting because it is so different than mine. I like reading pieces that have a different style than mine because it helps me become a better writer. The characters were are very different in this book but the main characters all seem to be intelligent. They just use their intelligence in different ways. Marlow is very independent when it comes to thinking, he doesn't think the way everyone else does. He has seen many parts of the world so he has many opinions on the places that he has seen. Marlow is also very good at telling stories because he gets his listeners engaged and interested in his stories. Kurtz on the other hand is a man that knows how to use words to make people hear what they want to hear but also telling them what he wants to tell them. By doing so he has got what he has wanted but at the same time is being the target of all his fellow white men. This book is full of violence whether it is the Company towards the works or the natives towards ships. It is just sad to think that people around the world have to live like this and can't really do anything about it. I also think that it is crazy how Marlow;s journey up the river turns sort of turns into a big fight for survival on everyones part. I didn't really get into this book as much as I did The Kite runner but I enjoyed it more than The Great Gatsby. At first it was hard for me to get started but once into the story it came togehter more and was easy for me to read.