I. Review of previous discussions
II. New annotations starting at the bottom of Page 22
142. Page 22: Why does Marlow make his speech to the natives in English? We know he speaks French.
143. Page 22: The injured man is eager for Marlow to kill someone?
144. Page 23, continuing paragraph from page 22: What causes Marlow to remember the doctor's words?
145. Page 23: "...a pretty border of smelly mud on one side..." Is there a contradiction here?
146. Page 23: "Crazy" has a range of meanings: insane, cracked, unsound, and rickety. Which one fits here?
147: Page 23: "A neglected gap was all the gate it had, and the first glance at the place was enough to let you see the flabby devil was running that show. What or who is the "flabby devil?"
Which figures of speech are involved in this term?
148. Page 23: What information does the excitable chap with a moustache give Marlow?
149. Page 23: "Everybody had behaved splendidly! Splendidly!.." Is this the "stiff upper lip mentality attributed to the British? Is Marlow thinking with an English brain? Is it Marlow or Conrad coming through?
150. Page 23, first new paragraph: What thought comes to the back of Marlow's mind on hearing the details of the sinking of the steamer?
151. Page 24, continuing paragraph from Page 23: Discuss Marlow's first impressions on meeting the manager.
152. Page 24: "Trenchant" means keen, penetrating or incisive.
153. Page 24: What has kept this manager in his job?
154. Page 24: A "Jack" is a common fellow or a sailor. The manager seems to have been a "Jack ashore" What does this image communicate?
155. Page 24: Marlow ponders what makes the manager great.
156. Page 24: "Men who come out here should have no entrails..." The manager did not speak these words to Marlow. How can he tell us about this? Is this analepsis?
157. Page 24: Does the manager fancy himself King Arthur?
158. Page 25, continuing paragraph from page 24: Why does the manager allow his boy to treat the white men with insolence?
159. Page 25: What is the manager's rationale for taking the steamer up river?
160. Page 25: What rumors does the manager convey to Marlow?
161. Page 25: Why is the manager so very abstracted?
162. Page 25; Marlow marvels at the accuracy of the manager's estimate of the time it will take to repair the steamer.
163. Page 26, continuing paragraph from page 25: Why does Marlow focus on his work?
164. Page 26: What does the pilgrim image imply?
165. Page 26: What is the god of these pilgrims?
166. Page 26: Discuss the concept invasion versus wilderness.
167. Page 26, first new paragraph: The shed burns, people behave irrationally, but Marlow is told everybody was "behaving splendidly, splendidly." Is this the operation was a success, but the patient died?
168. Page 26, Paragraph 2: A native is blamed for the fire, is beaten and goes off into the wilderness to die.
169. Page 27, continuing paragraph from Page 26: Within earshot of Marlow, two men discuss the possibility of Kurtz' taking advantage of the shed disaster. Why is this a problem?
170. Page 27: One of these two men, a gentleman first class agent invites Marlow to his quarters. This agent has candles although only the manager is allowed to have them. He is the brickmaker, but he makes no bricks. What is Conrad's purpose in this encounter? Marlow says all this is unreal to him.
171. Page 27: What are the pilgrims waiting for?
172. Page 28, continuing paragraph from Page 27: What is the import of one man's stealing a horse is okay, but another man may not even look at a halter?
173. Page 28, first new paragraph: Why does the brickmaker think Marlow is well connected in Europe? Why does he seek information from him and about whom?
174. Page 28: "Mica discs" are complex silicates formed in mirror-like discs.
175. Page 28: "Superciliousness" is the condition of having one's eyebrows raised. It can connote pride, contempt, haughtiness, disapproval, scorn or arrogance. Which one fits Marlow's thought?
176. Page 28: Why is Marlow "full of chills?"
177. Page 28: What is the brickmaker's justification for thinking Marlow a prevaricator?
178. Page 28, second new paragraph: Marlow asks about Kurtz.
179. Page 28, third new paragraph: Kurtz is described as a prodigy and an emissary of pity, science and progress. Keep this in mind for when we meet Kurtz.
180. Page 29, continuing paragraph from page 28: Why does the brickmaker continue to believe that Marlow is an insider and knows Kurtz' future?
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