ah I see. I remembered it being very dark and wondering for the first half of the book what it reminded me of. Which was of course the river scenes in Apocalypse Now.
Eichman in Jerusalem in a factual account of the man's trial, with a superimposed commentary as to how a seemingly ordinary if not limited individual can view the Holocaust as simply a problem in logistics. Dana >> Dana wrote: >> great books. Though I don't remember Heart of Darkness enough to know what >> applies? > >Well, so HoD was about the Belgian Congo, but it was the inspiration >for Apocolypse Now which, of course, took place in Vietnam. > >The general idea is that someone begins trying to do good, slowly >utilizes more and more power to do good, but the power turns them >evil. > >From Wiki: > >"As the film continues, it becomes increasingly hallucinatory and >unpredictable, to the point where Willard loses sight as to what he is >supposed to be doing in the jungle, a clear and stated metaphor for >what happened to the United States in Vietnam. Much like the novel on >which it is based, many critics see the film's subtext as a journey >into the darkness of the human psyche." > >And much like what US is doing in Iraq. > >Kurtz=Bush? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:217861 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
