It's a fucking slog for a while, that's for god damn sure. It also is a venue change, Africa instead of SE Asia.
We had to read it in college and then debate about the depiction of the Congolese and also Colonialism, and all the shit that goes with it.
The entire time we read the story, I wasn't even thinking of that shit, but it made a ton of sense after we were finished and given directions.
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