Though we're inching up the Congo, we're getting somewhere!

I hope, I truly hope, our last two discussions have been helpful to you in developing a sense of what Heart of Darkness is all about. I think we've been doing pretty darned well. We've kept the whole work in sight and we've also delved into it and come up with some relevant and substantial passages.

I don't want to leave anyone behind in Matadi as we make our way to Kinshasa and Kisangani (some of the real names for the places along the river that Conrad avoids naming).

What I mean is, I want the whole class to feel they're getting it, or getting enough of it that we're all on the same boat and all of us can make out the main features of the landscape. I will spend time with anyone who wants clarification. If we can do this and stay together, we're set for the rest of the year.

This weekend's blog posting follows.

J.D.