... Apocalypse Now" share deals with racism. Racism and discrimination are major themes that are displayed throughout the movie and the book. Joseph Conrad and Francis Coppola both emphasized how poorly the natives were treated. In the novel, Marlow's description of the natives when he gets his first glance at them was horrifying. He describes ... of, if it didn't even exist. As for Marlow the fact that he didn't know if he would be able to survive the hardships that nature provides and what was inside the dark jungle was part of his fight against the "Unknown". "What were we who had strayed...

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