Heart of Darkness, a novel by Joseph Conrad, and Apocalypse Now, a movie by Francis Ford Coppola are two works that parallel one another, but at the same time reflect their own era in time and their creator's own personal feelings and prejudices. ... Conrad and Coppola both use white men as the characters that have dominance. ... Conrad uses ivory traders as his characters in Heart of Darkness and the ivory trade in "Apocalypse Now, " Coppola uses soldiers and the Vietnam War. ... Conrad's use of narration is divergent and fascinating. ... The madness is shown in Kurtz and explored m...

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