"Rivets had rolled into the grove of death. You could fill your pockets with rivets for the trouble of stooping down—and wasn’t one rivet to be found where it was wanted” (28).
Rivets are a type of bolt used for attaching two pieces of metal together. Rivets were used before welding techniques were invented. Buildings such as the Eiffel Tower and the Sydney Harbour Bridge were built using the riveting technique. Marlow wants rivets more than anything because they are a small connection to the civilization that he left behind when he voyaged into the Congo.
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