Reading Assignment 1

" 'The other day I took up a man who hanged himself on the road. He was a Swede, too.' 'Hanged himself! Why, in God's name?' I cried. He kept onlooking out watchfully. 'Who knows? The sun too much for him, or the country perhaps.'

In both Apocalypse Now & Heart of Darkness, there is an underlining theme of self-destruction. What is the cause of this? At what point does the mind break? Are these individuals looked over? Below I posted a link to CNN; it discusses the alarming rate of American Soldiers suicides.

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