Comparing Joseph Conrad’s novel “Heart of Darkness” and...

The focus of this Comparative Essay is to evaluate the similarities between Joseph Conrad’s novel â€Å"Heart of Darkness† and Francis Ford Coppola’s film â€Å"Apocalypse Now.† Resemblances in both stories are prominent when reading the novel or watching the film. The resemblance which will be used in this essay will be the similarities between the protagonists in both stories, Charlie Marlow and Captain Benjamin L. Willard. Both men are in search of two other individuals that go by the same name, Kurtz. Whether it is Captain Willard or Charlie Marlow, both characters have many similarities which are notable when watching the film and reading the novel. Charlie Marlow (Heart of Darkness) is in search of Mr. Kurtz who is a very powerful man; Marlow†¦show more content†¦In â€Å"Apocalypse Now† Captain B.L Willard is on a top secret mission to eliminate Walter Kurtz, a Lieutenant Colonel in the Vietnam War in 1968 who is allegedly hiding in a remote Cambodian jungle. Willard also begins to idolize Kurtz as he reads the top secret letters he gets while on the boat; Willard begins to look at him like a human being and less like a target while reading the letters intercepted by the military. Willard learns about his family and his wife and he also gains recognisance and sees that Kurtz is some sort of prodigy and that there is more to him than an average man. Both Marlow and Willard are leaders in their own right; they are the reasons why the characters in both stories travel down the two rivers, the Nung River (Apocalypse Now) and the Congo River (Heart of Darkness). They are also in control of their crew and what is seen in the film or narrated in the novel is through the eyes and the experiences of both Charlie Marlow and Captain Willard. Both men also demoralize their crew members and refer to them as somewhat lesser beings than themselves. Francis Ford Coppola’s character Willard refers to his crew as â€Å"kids† and at first glance refers to them as a bunch of â€Å"Rock and Roller’s† also for the record, Willard is a Captain in the military, he is older,Show MoreRelatedComparative Essay1096 Words   |  5 Pagesanalysis: â€Å"Heart of Darkness† â€Å"Apocalypse Now† Student: Mora Vandenbroele Teacher: Azucena Estigarribia Year: 11th â€Å"A† â€Å"Heart of Darkness† vs. â€Å"Apocalypse Now† It is very interesting how humans are so intrigued about the evilness in the world, and the dedication of some men to compare Hell with the Earthly horror. Joseph Conrad, a genius writer, took his time to show this with his masterpiece â€Å"Heart of Darkness† that wasRead MoreComparing Apocalypse Now and Saving Private Ryan1515 Words   |  7 PagesComparing Apocalypse Now and Saving Private Ryan Desai Abdul-Razzaaq HIST 1302 – American History II Mr. Daniel Bush Central Texas College January 4, 2010 The films Saving Private Ryan and Apocalypse Now were both critically acclaimed films depicting the dramas of war. They both had very realistic qualities and great cinematic values. The films had two great Hollywood directors in, Steven Spielberg