1.) “…She rang under my feet like an empty Huntley & Palmer biscuit tin kicked along a gutter…” (Conrad 37)
Huntley & Palmer were bakers that ran what was once the largest biscuit factory in the world. The biscuits were shipped all over the world in elaborately decorated biscuit tins that are now highly valuable. When a tin can is kicked along pavement is has a very distinct sound, a sound that you will always know and can not be mistaken for anything else. So when Marlow says that the steam-boat rang under him it means that a good portion of the boat was more than likely made of tin and reminded him of the biscuit tins.
Huntley & Palmer were bakers that ran what was once the largest biscuit factory in the world. The biscuits were shipped all over the world in elaborately decorated biscuit tins that are now highly valuable. When a tin can is kicked along pavement is has a very distinct sound, a sound that you will always know and can not be mistaken for anything else. So when Marlow says that the steam-boat rang under him it means that a good portion of the boat was more than likely made of tin and reminded him of the biscuit tins.
so it reminds him of home -- what sort of significance could be there to this being one of the largest companies in the world at the time?
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