The film “Across the Universe” gives an insight of how crucial society could be. How lies and decision can affect the lives of individuals. However, it also shows how unity can make people stronger and how perseverance can lead to success. This film touches on both the era of civil rights movement and the Vietnam war. It reveals the complication and long term effects the Vietnam war caused. It also reflects on how staying together and leaving one's differences behind, can revolutionize the world.
The film “Across the Universe” shows a controversy between the government and American citizens. According to Foner, a historian called the Vietnam War "the greatest miscalculation in history of American foreign relations," because it caused an extension …show more content…
Lucy’s cousin, Max, was drafted to fight at Vietnam. Max’s experience there was nightmarish. Even though Max made it through the war, the vivid and terrifying experience remained in despair (Across the Universe). According to Tim O'Brien many soldiers did not fear death. Instead, death was expected and imagined during the day and darkest nights. Soldiers were desperate to leave the country. Many tried suicide attempts in order to escape the living hell in Vietnam. Like Max, soldiers just pulled the trigger aguishly in different directions. The people were invisible, but Sanders from "The Things They Carried" described the enemy presence as a "hum", a hum that hunted and manipulated the soldier’s minds (Brien, The Things they Carried pg 209). This relates to the lectures in class because according to Professor Thurmond, the Vietnam war, was a "mistake" and the war could have been "prevented" if the United States wouldn't have intervened (Thurmond, A. Lecture Notes, Chapter 14, 11/28/16). Some veterans that served during the Vietnam war still remain in silence. Some individuals were consumed with horror images that ended their lives after the war. Like in the film and the lecture class discussion, is still unknown why the war had to reach such devastation and
The film “Across the Universe” shows a controversy between the government and American citizens. According to Foner, a historian called the Vietnam War "the greatest miscalculation in history of American foreign relations," because it caused an extension …show more content…
Lucy’s cousin, Max, was drafted to fight at Vietnam. Max’s experience there was nightmarish. Even though Max made it through the war, the vivid and terrifying experience remained in despair (Across the Universe). According to Tim O'Brien many soldiers did not fear death. Instead, death was expected and imagined during the day and darkest nights. Soldiers were desperate to leave the country. Many tried suicide attempts in order to escape the living hell in Vietnam. Like Max, soldiers just pulled the trigger aguishly in different directions. The people were invisible, but Sanders from "The Things They Carried" described the enemy presence as a "hum", a hum that hunted and manipulated the soldier’s minds (Brien, The Things they Carried pg 209). This relates to the lectures in class because according to Professor Thurmond, the Vietnam war, was a "mistake" and the war could have been "prevented" if the United States wouldn't have intervened (Thurmond, A. Lecture Notes, Chapter 14, 11/28/16). Some veterans that served during the Vietnam war still remain in silence. Some individuals were consumed with horror images that ended their lives after the war. Like in the film and the lecture class discussion, is still unknown why the war had to reach such devastation and