12/6 journal entry

In my opinion, it was wrong of the Christians to impose their religion on the indigenous people, because the tribal people already had their own set of beliefs and religions and they deserve the freedom to be able to practice their own religion, just as the Christians did. I don't think there would be a problem if the Christians wanted to preach their religion, but it wasn't right of them to force it

The Hollow Men comparasis

I think the author used the Heart of Darkness reference at the beginning because HOD is heavily and in my opinion primarily highlights the struggle and oppression they had to go through when the Europeans were in their land.

In the first stanza, Eliot writes "Our dried voices, when we whisper together are quiet and meaningless as wind in dry grass or rats' feet over broken glass in our dry cellar" When I read this, it reminded me of the struggle that the Africans faced in HOD.