Eldorado Expedition

A psychological thriller set in the Congo Jungle 1890, this short piece takes the first person perspective of a member of a Belgian team sent out into the unknown in search of the legendary Golden Land of El Dorado. The team are faced with threats from the native people, the wildlife and, eventually, nature itself.

I did this piece for my AQA English A S coursework (ELLB2 2013-14). We had to take an idea from the novel 'Heart of Darkness' by Joseph Conrad. In the section stated, there is mention of an expedition that headed into the Congo jungle looking for the Golden City of El Dorado.

NB: There was a word limit for this piece.

(Writing relates to page 41 in Heart of Darkness (Penguin Classics edition).
Passage beginning: 'In a few days the Eldorado Expedition went into the patient wilderness...'
Passage ending: '... like the rest of us, found what they deserved.')

The cover of this piece is the cover of the Penguin Classics version of Heart of Darkness, I do not own it.