The militaristic gorillas, including Aldo, completely uninterested in learning and almost illiterate, sat in the back.With a simple "divide and conquer" strategy written by Alex in the sand, both Rick and Alex coordinated to use the two halves of the magical dagger - Rick plunged the broken dagger hilt into the Emperor""s chest, while Alex stabbed him with the short tip of the blade from behind.The dreamy, old-time scene of the splendid, bygone era has nothing to do, it only seems, with the drama to follow, until Charlie Oakley""s crimes are later revealed.His entire frame of reference (for both words and deeds) was derived from his empty-headed dependence upon an ever-present television and his simple occupation - gardening.