What is most likely the central or main idea of the following passage (paragraph 1)? The dawns were heralded by the descent of a chill stillness; the woodcutters
slept, their fires burned low; the snapping of a twig would make you start. We
were wanderers on a prehistoric earth, on an earth that wore the aspect of an
unknown planet. We could have fancied ourselves the first of men taking
possession of an accursed inheritance, to be subdued at the cost of profound
anguish and of excessive toil.
O A. Marlow believes he and his crew have literally time-traveled to the Stone Age.
B. Marlow is desperate to return home.
C. Marlow views the journey as necessary for his religious beliefs and spiritual
enlightenment
D. Marlow compares the Congo to an undiscovered plane and feels it is his duty to tame
the wilderness, no matter the cost.
BEST: FL-ELA. K12.EE.2.1