Heart of Darkness Pt. 1

The story starts when an old ship captain starts retelling his story of the time when he captained a ship going to the Congo. He explains that he had been interested in the unknown spaces on the map since he was a child and that is why he took the voyage. He got a job with a Belgian trade company and set off. Marlow tells the story of the captain before him and how he had to go into a native village and collect his bones after he was killed by a native. Marlow goes back to his original story about signing the contract. He then says good bye to his family and sets off. After a long voyage into the Congo he is slightly disheartened due to how bad of shape the area is in. The natives are prisoners on their own land. After he discovers this he learns that the ivory trade is alive and well here and that it is an excellent way to ensure advancement. When he finally arives to the Central Station, he learns that his ship is sunk. The manager says that the Inner Station is suffering from severe illness and that's why he took the ship out.

So far I think this story is very compelling to read. Not only does it continue to draw you in and make you actually want to read more but by inserting mysterious details and the ideas that some things may not be what they seems such as in the sinking of Marlow's ship, it adds interest.