He was identified as a whiskered and elderly Abel (David Wiley), a crazy, inebriated, homeless Bible-spouting fanatic who showed them a slimy, detached eyeball that he had found.And good does not always triumph.Sometimes the Dark Side overcomes what Lincoln called ""the better angels of our nature."" Therein, man has got a breaking point.You and I have.Walter Kurtz has reached his.And very obviously, he has gone insane.The noise of a chopper interrupts the judgement that has been pronounced.The mission involves a pilgrimage, a journey on a U.S.Navy patrol boat with a four-man crew up the jungle-lined Nung River into off-limits Cambodia to follow Kurtz""s path to his remote stronghold island." Norton""s major intention is to ruthlessly stimulate circulation.Attempting to save her job on her last day because she supports both her mother and two younger sisters, the normally-tame and subdued columnist spitefully writes a fiery last column as a publicity stunt.He communicated his decision through a typewritten letter (on his letterhead) to Marvin:Marvin Blake:My daughter, Madge, tells me you were forced to stop school since your father passed away.