English 1028F/G Study Guide - Final Guide: Intertextuality, Wart, Liminality

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Bill kilgore: colonel that is also a bit crazy. Marlow takes job with company for trade in congo. Native inhabitants of region have been forced into company"s service, suffer from overwork and ill treatment. Steamship sinks then waits for parts for repair. Marlow and manager go with agents and cannibals up the river, coming across a hut with stacked firewood and a note saying that the wood is for them but to use wisely. Russian trader claims that kurtz has established himself as a god with native and has gone on raids of surrounding territory in search of ivory. Kurtz is ill, has a native mistress who has influence over him. Kurtz ordered attack on steamer to make them believe he was dead and leave. Kurtz dies, gave message to m about exterminating/civilizing the brutes instead of being their god. Last words of k: the horror, the horror! .

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