Blog Post for 11/20

Respond to the following passages from paragraph 9 and paragraph 15 (Part I).

"The yarns of seamen have a direct simplicity, the whole meaning of which lies within the shell of a cracked nut. but Marlow was not typical (if his propensity to spin yarns be excepted) and to him the meaning of an episode was not inside like a kernel but outside, enveloping the tale which brought it out only as a glow brings out a haze, in the likeness of one of these misty halos that sometimes, are made visible by the spectral illumination of moonshine." (9)

"It seemed somehow to throw a kind of light on everything about me--and into my thoughts. It was sombre enough too -- and pitiful -- not extraordinary in any way -- not very clear either. No. Not very clear. And yet it seemed to throw a kind of light." (15)