After reading the first part of HOD, I can say that it is all…rather interesting. We see, the young man Marlow, a sailor in search of wanting to become a captain, is on his way to a new adventure and is in hope of steering a new ship. From the very beginning of this story, we can see that Marlow, much like myself, is very ambitious and has a goal he is trying to attain. It is obvious that the author of this story, is already, possibly showing the hero of this story, early on. Like I’ve previously stated, Marlow is on his way to being an amazing captain. One thing I have noticed now, is how the author has set the scene from the beginning. Something else this author has played with were the words in describing the water in the first part of this story “the bound of the sea” and “fresh-water sailor”, it shows how relaxing this sea can be and how it can in fact play a part in people’s lives. I can also get the feeling that the significance of the descriptions of the sea, shows the audience the old saying “the calm before the storm”.  Which can be said to be ironic seeing as how the “Company” was very eager to send young Marlow to Africa. One could happen to wonder however, after understanding what happened to his fellow conrad Fresleven (very weird name I might add), why were Marlow’s concern over what happened to the hens? What could the author be trying to say? Could the term “hens” mean something other than the actual birds? We could only hope that Marlow finds a woman as beautiful as Mr. Kurtz is described as…it seems as Mr. Kurtz is a man of many things, being both handsome and suave are just a few of the things that make him oh so grand. We can see that in this first part that Marlow may be a bit naive. He is unaware of the inhumane things that are happening. Why does the author feel the need to make this so? Can’t we just read about Marlow going about his journey without these distractions?

*I may have been back and forth, I’ve kind of lost Lydgates voice and attitude in my head

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