Too Much? Maybe.

Upon my starting of  The Heart Of Darkness, I found myself excited beacuse, well come on! Conrad just throws you into the situation. All the imagery had me in a bliss... until I hit the second page. Happiness didn't last very long. I found myself struggling to follow along, my attention simply wouldn't cooperate.

When thinking about the description in the novel, I only think to say that it may even have too much.  I wouldn't go as far as to compare it to reading 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea again (needless to say I hated it) but still... I don't mean to sound ignorant because clearly it's a very dense piece and the description is mostly part of the many metaphors and key to the imagery, but at times I'd like a mental break. Thusfar, it goes throughout the whole novel. To say, "The sun set; the dusk fell on the stream, and the lights began to appear along the shore." (4) is fine, but to follow it with: " The chapman lighthouse, a three-legged thing erect on a mudfalt, shone strongly. Lights of ships moved in the fairway- a great stir of lights going up and going down." (4-5) is a little much; especially when the descriptions are like that for most of what happens.

I actually think this would be a perfect novel for a film maker to try. It would make it really easy for the director to re-build.