In examining ourselves and understanding the soul, we notice that society has the ability to bring out our savage sides. At times, this evil side has the tendency to break out during times of isolation from our culture or when we notice great differences between cultures. Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now is loosely based on Joseph Conrad's novel Heart of Darkness. Both deal with the main character, whether it is Captain Willard in Apocalypse …showed first 75 words of 1680 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1680 total…self in the midst of pure evil. The two stories, despite their settings and slight story line difference, are same in conveying the misconceptions of society and the capabilities it has to transform us all. Kurtz saw the evil in both America and in Europe. Perhaps we too are blinded by our own evil. Working Bibliography Apocalypse Now. Francis Ford Coppola. 1979 Conrad, Joseph. Heart of Darkness. W.W. Norton Company, Inc., New York ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**