... "Apocalypse Now " is race. Conrad and Coppola both use white men as the characters that have dominance. The white men not only dominate their respective crews, but also the people native to the country the white men are visiting. The characters Conrad and Coppola use, Marlow and Willard, both look at the natives as though white men are the civilized culture ... and the native people are the savage culture. They both also reflect the theory that "civilized " white men that go into an uncivilized land become savage and do not return the white civilization ... is divergent and fascinating...

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