Connection: Heart of Darkness and Society

Two days ago, I was rereading Heart of Darkness and I simply could not understand the dephth of it, its meaning or the story itself. I walked into class the next day, frustrated because I was not sure if I could seem competent while in a discussion. Fortunately for me, a classmate told me that he had begun reading the story for the story, and not to find deep meaning. I began to understand the story easier and more of the complexity.
In life, people spend so much time analyizing everything; trying to expose every detail in order to explain something. Rather, if we just sat back and enjoyed and accepted life for what it is, I think we would actually understand and appreciate it better because we can live our lives without interrupting them with all of this analyzing. This doesn't just apply to living life, it applies to observing it too. For example, in the news, especially in sports, people are trying to combine and clash every angle of perspecetive. All they do is make a bigger deal out of events. Also, in terms of work, people go to such lengths to impress others, when really the most impressive thing is the ability to get the job done. People try to make stories so complex when they can just be enjoyed, much like life.