Rush #7 (very late)

The moment after Capt Willard finally kills Col Kuntz, he appears to have changed in some way. There is a darkness in his eyes that wasn't there before. He emerges and the entire tribe is ready to worship him as their new leader. 

I think there are similarities between this moment and the moment when Lawrence returns to his home and is also changed in some way. The same kind of darkness is in his eyes as was in Capt Willard's, particularly in the moment he is drinking lemonade at the bar. 

Both Captain Willard and Lawrence are markedly different and it is in a way that will remain with them for the rest of their lives. They both had done things they never thought they would, and they both began to sympathize and question the fight they were fighting.