Classwork
For class today, we tried to continue our journey up the Congo River with our somber, straightforward narrator, Marlow. He seems as if he has looked into the face of something that stripped away his passion, his feelings, his heart and his soul. Yet somehow he has lived to tell about, lived to share this narrative with four reluctant listeners, all of whom simply want to get their yacht over a sandbar and continue with their journey.
Here are a few tips for your while your read H.o.D.
1) Assign voices. It really helps. Even if you can't "hear" the voices in your head with different accents and different intonations, you can still do this on a small scale. I'm posting several to get you started...
2) Remember that this is an account of a trip. It's from the perspective of someone who at the end of the day, isn't perhaps very reliable.
3) The story may seem incomprehensible, but it isn't. It makes sense if you can "anchor" it to a specific geographic region or feature. (Setting) Use a map. Make a map. Refer to a map. It will really help.
Here are a few tips for your while your read H.o.D.
1) Assign voices. It really helps. Even if you can't "hear" the voices in your head with different accents and different intonations, you can still do this on a small scale. I'm posting several to get you started...
2) Remember that this is an account of a trip. It's from the perspective of someone who at the end of the day, isn't perhaps very reliable.
3) The story may seem incomprehensible, but it isn't. It makes sense if you can "anchor" it to a specific geographic region or feature. (Setting) Use a map. Make a map. Refer to a map. It will really help.
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