I Love the Smell of Nepalm in the Morning, a Critical look at Apocalypse Now

The human race is believed to be at the pinacle of developement. We have reahed the top of the mountain of success and evolution; we have surely surpassed the wild animal. We have evolved past the primal use of insticts to the utilization of reason and intelect. There are times in the course of a human’s life however, in war for instance, where all reason and intelect is compromised and men revert back to …

…autopilot, Willard is awake. He is aware. It is true that when presented with extreme hardship most men will shut down and revert back to animal instinct, but there are a few among us who can look danger in the face and “...[see] clearly what there is to be done and [do] it - directly, quickly, awake, looking at it.” Willard is the maintains human reason, he utilizes his intelect. Willard overcomes the animal instinct.