Compare and contrast Achebe and Conrad’s portrayal of nature

1. Ideas?

1.1. Either nature of the characters or nature meaning the living things such as trees,etc.

1.2. Different authors have different concepts of good and evil and how they portray it through the characters nature

1.3. Influence of nature on characters

1.4. How characters interact depends on the nature of the character

2. Books used:

2.1. Things fall apart

2.2. Heart of Darkness

3. Heart of Darkness

3.1. Good and bad?

3.2. "Light came out of this river (the Thames) since—you say Knights? Yes; but it's like a running blaze on a plain, like a flash of lightning in the clouds. We live in the flicker—may it last as long as the old earth keeps rolling! But darkness was here yesterday."(page 13)

3.3. Courage and overcoming fear

3.4. "They were men enough to face the darkness." (page 3)

4. Jessica Draghici

5. Paragraph points

5.1. The portrayal of the main characters

5.1.1. Sub Idea 1

5.1.2. Sub Idea 2

5.2. The portrayal of the antagonist

5.3. The portrayal of evil(darkness) or weakness?

5.3.1. The portrayal of good(light) or strength?

5.4. The influence of nature of characters(nature as in the characters instinctive behavior and how characters interact)

6. Things Fall Apart

6.1. "When [Okonkwo] walked, [Okonkwos] heels hardly touched the ground and he seemed to walk on springs, as if [Okonkwo] was going to pounce on somebody. And [Okonkwo] did pounce on people quite often. [Okonkwo] had a slight stammer and whenever [Okonkwo] was angry and could not get his words out quickly enough, [Okonkwo] would use his fists. [Okonkwo] had no patience with unsuccessful men. [Okonkwo] had had no patience with his father."(part 1)

6.2. This shows his character and portrays his nature.

6.3. In the future after killing someone he regrets it and commits suicide(chapter 24) The nature of the character?