Heart of Darkness

          After getting about ten pages into this story I was more confused than I had ever been.  Frequently I was having to re-read and slow down to try and figure out what was going on.  This surprised and disappointed me because after reading the back cover of the book made it sound as if this would be a very interesting story.  Even though this book had the fewest pages, it definitely took the longest to read just as Mrs. White's note said. 
          One of the most exciting parts of the book was when some indigenous people tried to attack the riverboat and the pilgrims returned fire.  This would have been scary knowing you can be surrounded on both sides of the river banks and there is not many ways to escape. Even scarier would be being on a ship with cannibals aboard.  To the crew's relief the loud fog horn scared the natives away since it was even louder than the gunfire and the natives were very primitive.  To me finding Kurtz did not seem like it was worth all of the danger, time and money spent just to get there. 
          Joseph Conrad has a writing style that was extremely difficult for me to keep track of.  Even with annotating his writing style was difficult to pick up on.  As I would be reading I would often find my mind wandering to something else which then caused me to take even longer on the book and read through the page or selection a second time.  By the time I was at the third section of the book I think I was starting to pick up on his writing because it was gradually making more sense.  This book has an interesting story, but it was very difficult for me to get used to the author's writing style.