... effective antiwar statement, and he comments on the reversal of a social deviation into the norm. The violent nature that the soldiers acquired during their tour in Vietnam is one of O'Brien's themes in his novel. By selecting very descriptive details that reveal the change in the men, O'Brien creates an understanding of the effects of war on its participants. In this book the knowledge of death and its closeness causes ... because it is natural to become attached to others when they are close. Another major change in behavior is the men killed other men; it is not normal for these civi...

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In the movie Apocalypse now, the characters, events and themes involved in the story are based on the novel "Heart of Darkness". Although the movie has various traits that are different to each other, the story unravels the same way for both. In the novel, Marlow finds himself entangled in a web of madness and of egotism making him, and the other pilgrims, prisoner of their own greed and malice. Marlow is represented by ... is sent to find the person in the inner stations causing turmoil in the jungle. The setting of the film takes place in the jungles of Vietnam, during the Vietnam War duri...

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