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Marlow VS. Willard - Paper

Marlow VS. Willard

Charles Marlow and Captain Willard have many characteristics that would make them alike and different. Marlow, from the novel Heart of Darkness, was a man who was on a mission through Cambodia to find Kurtz. Captain Willard, from the movie �Apocalypse Now�, was a man on a mission to exterminate a fellow member of the United States Armed Forces, Kurtz. �Apocalypse Now� is a Vietnam parallel of the novel Heart of Darkness. While both these men were on a search for a man, they both went through many difficult hardships on the way.
Both of the men had different backgrounds before they began their journey. Marlow was an experienced sailor, while Willard was an experienced warrior. ...

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for each of them to go their perspective missions.
The surroundings for each man were unique. While both Marlow and Willard had to put up with natives, they had crews that were different. While Marlow had a crew with mostly natives, Willard had a crew of American soldiers who were serving their country. Willard�s crew was comprised of mostly young men who had no idea what they were doing. �Come on all of you big strong me,� writes Joseph McDonald, �Uncle Sam needs your help again�(Class handouts, McDonald). This would describe the men that were with Willard. None of them knew where they were headed or why they were leaving, all they knew was they were serving their country. Marlow�s crew knew that they were trying to figure out what happened to the ivory supply. Marlow had a crew full of mostly natives. Their respective ships were different too. While Marlow cruised on a French steamer, Willard was on a boat provided by the military. Both men had a unique surrounding that ...

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Added: 2/23/2008 03:28:11 PM
Category: American History
Type: Free Paper
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