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In What It Is Like To Go To War, Karl Marlantes writes about a multitude of issues that war veterans have to deal with after coming back from war while using the rhetorical appeals of ethos and pathos to try and build common ground with his audience. Marlantes argues that loyalty difference when it is being used by civilians compared to warriors of war, even though he was drafted into the marines and did not join willingly. Loyalty is a universal concept that all people of any belief understand.…

traps for the Republican soldiers that were set by the Viet Cong and he stepped on a land mine. This was not too far from our home, so I could hear the explosion but I thought nothing of it until we were informed later that day. Up to that day my family and I were avid supporters of the Viet Cong and we were grateful that they were fighting for our independence and our culture, but after Bui had died I found it hard to support anyone. My parents continued to help the members of the Viet Cong in…

Moderate Antiwar Activist I am writing this letter to throw my weight behind the antiwar activism going on at the university and around the country. It is entrenched in our constitution that it is our basic right to protest and there could be no better time to exercise that right than in the current situation considering the irresponsible move by our government to send troops to Vietnam. Imagine what the world would be like if we all remained silent about these issues of national interest. Ours…

damage is not direct. The stories “The Things They Carried” by Tim O’Brien and “The Red Convertible” by Louise Erdrich, take place during the Vietnam War. The Vietnam War was a devastating war that took our men and even the young boys from their families and got them killed, either physically or mentally. Lieutenant Cross from “The Things They Carried”…

Poetry has the unique ability to transport readers to a different time period, or get a glimpse into another person’s thoughts and emotions. The specific context of a poem is one of its most important aspects. The context of a poem refers to the way a poem reflects, shapes, and speaks back to a historical time period, culture, or social issue. Poets are able to capture the essence of a past event through their use of words. One poem that I feel has a clear context is Facing It by Yusef…

In Tim O’Brien’s novel, The Things They Carried, he shows the struggles that American soldiers’ experience in the Vietnam war. In one of the short stories the “Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong” one of the soldiers, Mark Fossie, brings over Mary Anne Bell, his high school sweetheart, from back home. She quickly becomes curious about her surroundings in a foreign country far from home and what occurs around them in Vietnam, where she learns of the power and destruction of war. Mary Anne Bell…

The short story 'A Message to Garcia' takes place in a time where everything moved slowly when it came to long distance communication across a battlefield and when no mail or telegraph message would suffice, the use of a messenger was it. This story tells the tale of a man who “carry’s a message to garcia”. The mission was just that, carry a message to Garcia. The President at the time needed help and was trying to contact the leader of the Insurgents who was General Garcia. He made several…

The Critical Analysis of Tim O’Brien War never changes, but war changes people. The soldier pays the ultimate price for freedom and peace. The war always stays with the soldier even long after the battles are over. Tim O’Brien is one of those soldiers who payed the price and survived the war, but internally never leaving the Vietnam War. In The Things They Carried, O’Brien uses his life experiences from the Vietnam War and his childhood, the protest during the war, and his ideologies from the…

A Ugandan warlord abducts children and forces them to join the military. Invisible Children, a US organization, created a YouTube video called Kony 2012 opposing the actions of Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony and his Lord’s Resistance Army. John Naughton wrote an editorial praising Kony 2012 in the Observer in March 2012. Children from other countries are compelled to enlist in the military as well. Ishmael Beah became a soldier when he was young. He wrote a book, A Long Way Gone, detailing his…

The book The Things They Carried is based off a semi-true story about american soldiers that were in the Vietnam war. There are many scenes in the book about these soldiers walking in the woods, spending time at their camp, and sometimes on battle ground. The main characters in this book were made up, but in the front of the book there is a dedication for these fictional character. The characters are, Jimmy Cross, Norman Bowker, Rat Kiley, Mitchell Sanders, Henry Dobbins, and Kiowa. The book…