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excerpt adapted from heart of darkness by joseph conrad g up that river was like traveling back to the earliest ngs of the world, when vegetation rioted on the earth and trees were kings. an empty stream, a great silence, an rable forest. the air was warm, thick, heavy, sluggish, e was no joy in the brilliance of sunshine. the long s of the waterway ran on, deserted, into the gloom of lowed distances, and on silvery sandbanks hippos and sunned themselves side by side. the broadening med through a mob of wooded islands, you lost your ad river as you would in a desert, and buffed all day long baths, trying to find the channel, till you thought yourself and cut off for ever from everything you had known nowhere—far away—in another existence perhaps e moments when ones past came back to one, as it mes when you have not a moment to spare to yourself, in the shape of an unrestful and noisy dream, ed with wonder amongst the overwhelming realities of world of plants, and water, and silence. and this ile did not in the least resemble a peace. it was the relentless force brooding over a mysterious ooked at you with a vengeful aspect. i got used to it i did not see it anymore i had no time i had to keep the channel i had to discern, mostly by instinct, the en banks. i watched for sunken stones. i was ap my teeth smartly before my heart flew out, when i d barely some infernal sly old snag that would have out of the tin - pot steamboat i drove and drowned again. i had to keep a look out for the signs of dead could cut up in the night for the next days en you have to attend to things of that sort, to the 20 select the correct answer which sentence best expresses a theme of the passage? a. truth is elusive and intimidating b. reality is simple and predictable. c. nature is bizarre and fascinating d. humans are selfish and needy reset next

Explanation:

The passage describes the river journey as a disorienting, alien experience in a vast, unforgiving natural world that feels removed from familiar reality. It emphasizes the overwhelming, mysterious, and almost menacing force of nature, which aligns with the idea of nature being bizarre and fascinating. Option A is incorrect as truth is not the focus; option B contradicts the passage's depiction of an unpredictable reality; option D is irrelevant as human selfishness is not addressed.

Answer:

C. Nature is bizarre and fascinating