Blog due on first pages of Conrad:
Question: How does the opening set a tone for how to read the novel?
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Our unnamed narrator opens the novel with the evening he spend abroad the Nellie. Only through him do we meet Marlow. In addition, Marlow himself tells the framed story so most of the narration is told from his point of view. Moreover, this introduction sets a tone for how to read the novel. So far, the novel has a negative outlook on life. Marlow constantly refers to angry, morbid, frightful, and dark images, based on Conrad's own negative reaction to his journey up the Congo River.
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