“Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong” Analysis Essay In the Chapter “Sweat heart of the Song Tra Bong”, Tim O’Brien introduces Mary Anne Bell, a fresh out of high school seventeen year old who decides to go to Vietnam in request of her boyfriend, Mark Fossie, to help boost morale at the compound. In the beginning of the chapter, Rat Kiley describes her as “very attractive” and has “a bubbly personality and a happy smile” (O’Brien. PG 95). She came to Vietnam wanting to know everything there is to know about their landscape and culture. She starts of as a bright young girl fresh out of high school and throughout the story, she slowly transforms into a zombie slave of war. Mary Anne was such a quick learner that she picked up a little Vietnamese and learned how to
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During intense times of action, “she took on a sudden new composure, almost serene, the fuzzy blue eyes narrowing into a tight, intelligent focus” (O’Brien, PG 98). When casualties started flowing in, it seemed to pique her interests, so she quickly got involved and learned how to clip arteries, pump up a plastic splint, and shoot in morphine. Soon after, she fell quickly into the habits of the bush.” No cosmetics, no fingernail filing. She stopped wearing jewelry, cut her hair short and wrapped it in a dark green bandana. Hygiene became a matter of small consequence” (O’Brien, PG 98) She then started going on late night ambushes with the green berets. She is even later discovered in the “greenie hootch” with a necklace made of tongues. After weeks of arguing with her boyfriend, she decides to live her life as one with the land and go out on week long ambushes, sometimes with or without the greenies. Then one morning she walks off into the mountains and vanishes, never to be seen ever again. I believe that Marry Anne was always insane on the inside and Vietnam brought out the beast within her. She had just graduated from high school, which I think we all
During intense times of action, “she took on a sudden new composure, almost serene, the fuzzy blue eyes narrowing into a tight, intelligent focus” (O’Brien, PG 98). When casualties started flowing in, it seemed to pique her interests, so she quickly got involved and learned how to clip arteries, pump up a plastic splint, and shoot in morphine. Soon after, she fell quickly into the habits of the bush.” No cosmetics, no fingernail filing. She stopped wearing jewelry, cut her hair short and wrapped it in a dark green bandana. Hygiene became a matter of small consequence” (O’Brien, PG 98) She then started going on late night ambushes with the green berets. She is even later discovered in the “greenie hootch” with a necklace made of tongues. After weeks of arguing with her boyfriend, she decides to live her life as one with the land and go out on week long ambushes, sometimes with or without the greenies. Then one morning she walks off into the mountains and vanishes, never to be seen ever again. I believe that Marry Anne was always insane on the inside and Vietnam brought out the beast within her. She had just graduated from high school, which I think we all