Kurtz had a year in the jungle for his essay

It's not easy to break away from a content and satisfyingly warm summer to write a paper, in any event, but I feel I am worse than most at demanding academic discipline from myself. Today, I found myself preferring a breathless forty-minute run in the summer heat over the easy task of banging away at the keyboard.

I declared very firmly that I wanted to finish my prewriting last Tuesday, or perhaps Wednesday. I can say now that I've completed it in the same way as I did for my last sizable essay. In maintaining my nerve to write, I must remember that the sooner I write this paper, the sooner I can begin editting and rewriting it, which where I feel I can make my strongest impact one way or another for its true fated outcome.

Final Outline, sans intended citations.

i) Intro, mention the following
a) light and dark dichotomy
b) main characters kurtz and marlow
c) interpretation of Marlow's lie

ii) Light and Dark Dichotomy
a) what is the light
1)Surface reality
2) pretenses, work ethic, philanthropy, racism
b) what is darkness
1) the reality/genuineness of darkness
2) How the darkness affects people (discuss for various characters)

iii) Character analysis of Marlow (not touching on any of Conrad's other Marlow works)
a) his character and conduct before the his journey (unprepared for the repulsiveness of Imperialism, embraces work, despises lies)
b) his initiation up the river
c) what he takes away with him from his journey

iv)Survey of part one

v) survey of part two

vi) Survey of part three, Character Analysis of Kurtz

vii) Interpreting the Intended scene and Conrad's thesis, message, in the story.

viii) conclusion.

Here's my thesis, opener of the paper, in sixty-six words:
In his famous short novel, Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad utilizes imagery of light and darkness to accentuate the leading theme of the story. Images of light and whiteness are symbolic of the beliefs and faiths of civilized white people, which are demonstrated as being pretentious and often throughout the story. Images of darkness and shadow symbolize the vacuous absence of any civilized beliefs or customs.