... colonizers in much the same way that the English were going to Africa. This furthers Conrad's theme of the paradox of colonialism by providing another example of how the English, read Europeans, are no better than the native Africans because they too were once the savages being colonized and "civilized."" The next three lines ... the map, and because of its likeness to a snake, it fascinates him. He then "rides the snake- to Kurtz's compound upriver. The next common theme between the three works is death. It is very prevalent in both Heart of Darkness and Apocalypse Now and it is shown ...

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