I was shocked when I first began to read this book. Surprisingly I did not even recall knowing about all of the horrific events that took place in Congo. Reading the intro for this opened my eyes to the horrific and greed that took place in Congo. Even though we discussed this in class I still couldn't wrap my fingers around the fact that the Europeans thought that they were going over to Africa to help them and bring "civilisation". Also while reading this book it made me thing about how close all of these events were to home (even though I wasn't born yet). When it was talking about Stanley being and writing to St.Louis it really caught my attention.
Why did Stanley feel the need to lie about his childhood and make up events?
What made Stanley want to travel to Africa?
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