... heard as vibrant, wispy yellow smoke makes the jungle appear hazy. "This is the end, beautiful friend."" As the voice of Jim Morrison begins, the jungle explodes and is enveloped in flames. The face of Captain Willard, Martin Sheen, appears, and is mixed with the fiery inferno that is the jungle. The song continues as the jungle fades out of the background and the scene becomes exclusively Willard and his room in ... Saigon. In this opening scene of Apocalypse Now, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, The End figures prominently. The song is an excellent choice for ... ...

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• Grade Level: High School

... of disease and starvation-(line 16,p.p.2315). Marlow sees the natives clinging to the shade as it seems safe and peaceful, but as he enters the shade he realizes it is "a gloomy circle of some inferno-(line 4,p.p.2315). Marlow experiences how easy it is to be totally consumed by the true heart of this inferno, this darkness. The Inner Station is where Marlow finds Kurtz as well ... as himself. As Marlow meets Kurtz, he identifies with him and finds many of the same qualities in himself. He idolizes Kurtz, he sees a free and rebellious quality that he wishes he could possess ... . Marlow...

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• Grade Level: High School