Cambodia

First They Killed My Father, a tile which fits both the tone of the book and the storyline. It is a foreshadowing for the cruel events of murder in the book; and though Keav was the first of the family to pass away, Loung’s father was the first to be killed. As Professor Inness-Brown says: the title already tells the audience that her father is killed, but the word “first” shows us that there are more cruel events to will follow. Also mentioned by Professor Inness-Brown: these events are…

People in Cambodia believe food should not be wasted, if so we assume those people are unappreciative of their food. Majority of the population grow fruits and vegetable right in their backyard which makes it easier for them to prepare their food. Thereby, I’ve realize when I eat food in Cambodia, the dishes taste better than in America because it is tastier and fresh. The fruits are sweeter, the vegetables…

Hearts and Minds shed a fresh and frankly horrifying light on the atrocities committed by Americans during the Vietnam War. The interviews with soldiers and government officials juxtaposed with footage of the carnage in Vietnam strikingly demonstrated just how extreme the disconnect between American’s perception of what was happening in Vietnam and the lived experiences of the Vietnamese people was. The American public perceived the conflict as a war against communism that must be fought by the…

The Vietnam War demonstrates “ The insidious power of propaganda...The longest war this century was a war waged by America against Vietnam... It was an attack on the people of Vietnam, communist and non-communist, by American forces. It was an invasion of their homeland and their lives” ( John Pilger ). Luis Valdez's drama, “ The Buck Private “ explains how the government’s propaganda makes society romanticize war. Valdez supports his argument by illustrating to the audience how society sees…

Scene: Revolutionary United Front (RUF) exploited and killed the innocent Sierra Leone villagers Briefly describe how the issue was portrayed. In the Blood Diamond movie, the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) used the illegal ways to sell the diamonds for purchase its military operations. Revolutionary United Front (RUF) is very cruel to the villagers in Sierra Leone which treat them merciless in order to diamond panning for the purpose to exchange of arms and weapons. The Revolutionary United…

Soldiers of the Charlie Company were ordered by Lieutenant Calley, on March 16, 1968, to leave the village of My Lai destroyed. During the Vietnam War, the United States supported South Vietnam and were in the process of fighting North Vietnam because of their communistic viewpoints. The fighting had been different than any other war, the Viet Cong's fighting style consisted of sneaky sniper attacks and booby traps. Their fighting style had aggravated the United States soldiers and they soon…

TITLE Discover Thailand’s Fascinating And Diverse Khao Yai National Park LEAD PARAGRAPH Khao Yai National Park is one of Thailand’s biggest and most-visited national parks. With most of the park located in Nakhon Ratchasima Province, it is just a three-hour drive from Bangkok. The park also covers parts of the provinces of Nakhon Nayok, Prachinburi, and Saraburi (also sometimes spelt as Salaburi). The main entrance is close to Nakhon Ratchasima’s town of Pak Chong. The first national park to…

In The Things they Carried, By Tim O 'Brien, there are three characters that are greatly changed by the Vietnam War those characters being Rat Kiley the medic, Mary Anne an all American girl and well-educated liberal minded Tim O’Brien. Each character comes to Vietnam in 1968 at the height of the Vietnam War with a level of goodness in their hearts that is instilled in all Americans who have never seen war. After going to war it changes a these people by taking away a piece of that goodness…

Thousands “boat people” of Vietnamese were being victims of the conflict between two opposing ideologies in their country. They experienced the journey of escaping the dangerous ocean by using boats, packed like sardines on the boats which could only carry a dozen of people. Some of them died because of hunger, a lot of children and women could not survive in this pathetic situation. The first Vietnamese boat arrived at West Bunguran of Riau Island, and after this group, around 250,000 refugees…

Between the years 1975 and 1995 about 2 million “boat people” fled from Vietnam. “Boat people” refers to the refugees who fled from Vietnam by boat and ship after the Vietnam War. Of these 2 million people was a young girl by the name of Ha, her mother, and three older brothers: Quang, Vu, and Khoi. Ha’s life in “Inside Out & Back Again” relates to the universal refugee experience because life started out okay, gradually got worse, and then got better. “Every Tet we eat sugary lotus seeds and…