HOD Reading

In todays reading we witness a cult like ritual that celebrates Mr. Kurtz and on a deeper level celebrates capitalism. After disappearing from the ship he wanders off into the ceremony. The need to protect the ivory displays societies need to protect the profit margin and the worldly goods that we steel from others, by killing. The forest appears dense with fog, and one can almost see the red fires flickering in the background. The setting during night also lends itself to the image of a fire like pit of Hell. In fact towards page 80 when he encounters a man that looks like he has two horns on his head, one can envision him actually meeting Lucifer. He is fully enveloped and lost in the evils of the Heart of darkness.