Reflections on Dr. Jarra and HoD Part 2

I thought that going to Dr. Jarra was really interesting. It was cool how he doesn't actually go to Africa to get the art. It's like this chain. There are people who go into Africa to get the art, then there are people who buy it from them, and people like Dr. Jarra buy it from them and then sell it to people here. I found out that he has been collecting and selling art for 35 years, which is a long time. It was really cool that he got started by being asked to drive a guy around who was selling this art and making a lot of money. Also, I thought it was really cool that he knows the story behind each piece of art. There are so many pieces with so many stories, and he knows which story goes for which piece, which I think is really impressive.
In heart of darkness, Conrad uses a light and dark a lot in the book. Almost everything about Africa is considered dark and everything european is considered light. There's this one part on page 45 that is talking about the land and the Congo river, and it is described as treacherous, death, evil, and "the profound darkness of it's heart." I think he uses light and dark to symbolize the general thoughts of places in the world at the time. Africa was where the savages were, so people described it as dark and hopeless. Europe was where everyone wanted to be, so it was described as light and profound.