... . However, Willard is an obvious wreck from the very beginning of the film. The opening scenes are an internal monologue where he confesses his own imbalances as a result of prolonged tours in Vietnam. In Heart of Darkness, Marlow is defined by his complacency, while in Apocalypse Now, Willard behaves aberrantly, and his fascination with Kurtz is more impressiveness than awe as ... ...

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... almost persuading them to support the author. The devastation that the Vietnam War caused Kovic to experience was both physical and emotional. Ron Kovic, a Marine in Vietnam, went on two tours of duty as a young adult. The second tour of duty would be life-changing, as he was shot, the bullet puncturing his lung and damaging his spinal cord, which would ... ...

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