Which of the following is the most accurate statement about the beginning of heart of darkness?
a. because of the way the novel begins, the reader knows that the narrator survives the journey.
b. immediately, conrad immerses the reader into the thick, strange african climate.
c. a shockingly violent act occurs in the first pages, foreshadowing events to come.
d. the jovial nature of the gathering suggests the novel will tell the story of a rousing adventure.