HEART OF DARKNESS, THE - LEVEL 6

The day i met him, however, something was troubling him greatly. He began to speak as soon as he saw me. Even though I had arrived at the camp after walking 35 kilometers that day, he did not even invite me to sit down. The situation, he told me, is very serious. The up-river stations must be relieved. We cannot wait. We don´t even know who is alive and who is dead up there. Em O coração das trevas, a África é evocada por analogia com o mundo interior da pessoa; nela o autor narra o drama da destruição moral de um europeu perdido entre os selvagens do Congo.