So, as we move forward into Heart of Darkness, I made a connection to this story and a short story that I read in AP Spanish Lit last semester called "La Noche Boca Arriba." It was a very weird story about a guy who gets in a motorcycle crash and is taken to a hospital. However, when he goes asleep, he has dreams that he is in a world where he is an Aztec being chased by other natives trying to kill him. As the story progresses, he beings to realize that he is loosing distinction between reality and imagination and is unsure which world is the true world, ending the story on a cliffhanger as to whether he died or not. It is a good story and for those of you who don't like Spanish, look it up in English as it is a good story.
As I read Heart of Darkness, I made the connection to "La Noche Boca Arriba" because of the contrast between the natives and the Europeans. The main character is sort of like Marlow, who sees both the worlds of the White people and the natives/Aztecs. There is a contrast between the worlds that begs the question which world is truly right. It was really weird when I made the connection as I realized that in both stories, both these worlds are contrasting against one another in front of the narrator and it makes for some very interesting imagery and storytelling.
Overall, there wasn't a whole lot that I could connect to, but the idea of the two different worlds coming together really got me thinking. It is something that really got me thinking and still intrigues me as I write this blog post.
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