Today’s Agenda

1. Today’s Agenda 1) Read two chapters from King Leopold’s Ghost. Read “Meeting Mr. Kurtz” first and then “Where there aren’t no ten commandments.” 2) Ways to approach a discussion of literature. 3) Work on notes and preparations for your chapter discussion.

2. Historical Perspective • Brutal form of colonialism in the Belgian Congo • Mistreatment of Africans • Greed of the so-called “pilgrims” • Broken idealism of Kurtz • French man-of-war • Grove of death • Importance of ivory to the economics of the system

3. Psychological Perspective - Conrad’s suggestion that Marlow’s journey is like a dream or a return to our primitive past ID – we are all primitive brutes in a sense Marlow’s insistence that Kurtz is a voice Religious Perspective – Pilgrims and pilgrimages Christian missionary concepts Kurtz’s messianic ambitions

4. FORM (also called “new criticism”) • Division of 3s – • chapters • narrators • breaks in narration • females • stations • Babushka • Images

5. Tomorrow… We discuss ALL of Part I.