Since there is a great interest in disaster stories and the motion picture Titanic (1997) has been a great commercial success, readers may wish to consider the nature of typhoons in the China seas.
Certainly Conrad's novella provides a fine description of a ship wallowing in the wind and seas caused by a typhoon.
Another approach might be to discuss the relationship between Captain MacWhirr and the ship owners and the nature of their conveyance of the Chinese workers back to China. Is the story related to the imperialism of the day? If so, how?
And what are the different attitudes revealed by the Captain and the crew toward the Chinese? Are they guilty of racism, or merely a European sense of patronizing superiority?
1. What are MacWhirr's strengths and weaknesses as.....
This is a free excerpt of 135 words. This section contains 465 words. This
Short Guide contains 3,123 words (approx. 10 pages at 300
words per page).
Read the rest of this Short Guide with our Typhoon Access Pass.
