“What more did I want? What I really wanted was rivets, by heaven! Rivets” (p.24). Rivets are mechanical fasteners, and have been used to keep parts of buildings and structures together. The Eiffel Tower in France was constructed, using riveting, in the late 1800s. Conrad was familiar with rivets, as he mentions them in his story. He makes it possible for the reader to capture the era that this story transpires.
“Rivet.” Wikipedia. 29 Aug. 2009. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rivet
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what significance could there be to having an obsession with rivets -- tools for holding together steel constructs -- in the middle of this immense jungle?
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