Marlow is telling us all about how the captain's wife fixed up his uniform for him, and suddenly he sees a red light off in the distance. It disapears for only a second and then comes back into focus. Marlow identifies it as a steam-rigger, and its heading for the ship! He notifys the others and the captain is forced to stop the ship. The next thing Marlow feels is the steam rigger smashing up, but only preforming a glancing hit against the ship.
I figured i would stop at a more or less exciting part so i'll be able to get back into it when i pick it up again. The book hasn't gotten terribly interesting yet, but its certainly good at painting the picture of the 2 ships glancing eachother as they pass. I'm not sure about damage to the Judea but I hope its not too bad.
Monday, September 24, 2007
Monday, September 17, 2007
Youth (Heart of Darkness) part 1
Youth is heard through the voice of Charles Marlow, an apperant deckhand on the Judea.
In the begining, Marlow starts his story of the first time to the East. He is appointed as the Second mate of the ship. The ship he is now sailing on (Judea) is alot different from the clippers that he sailed on before, according to his new skipper. Marlow is especially interested in the saying on the ship's hull: Do or Die. Marlow begins his journey to Bankok from England.
So far, this book is actually somewhat interesting, possibly because its a challanging read for me. i do plan on reading a bit more before i go to bed or tomorrow. I know there is a ton to read if i'm planning on reading all of Marlow's adventures in Heart of Darkness, Chance and End of the thether. I think i especially want to finish this one off because i know we're doing Heart of Darkness in class and i know it wouldn't hurt to have a back story to that.
In the begining, Marlow starts his story of the first time to the East. He is appointed as the Second mate of the ship. The ship he is now sailing on (Judea) is alot different from the clippers that he sailed on before, according to his new skipper. Marlow is especially interested in the saying on the ship's hull: Do or Die. Marlow begins his journey to Bankok from England.
So far, this book is actually somewhat interesting, possibly because its a challanging read for me. i do plan on reading a bit more before i go to bed or tomorrow. I know there is a ton to read if i'm planning on reading all of Marlow's adventures in Heart of Darkness, Chance and End of the thether. I think i especially want to finish this one off because i know we're doing Heart of Darkness in class and i know it wouldn't hurt to have a back story to that.
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