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Ambush Both Ambush is a story about a man’s Vietnam War stories and how he is struggling to keep his secrets unknown to his daughter. I believe that this story falls into both categories for a few reasons. It falls into the reality and dreams category because throughout the story he is having flashbacks to the first time he killed someone during the war along with him wishing that it never happened. The reality of it is that it happened and that there is nothing he can do that would change the…

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.…

My name Lin Dao and I am writing to you from Hanoi which is located in Vietnam. You must be wondering why I took the liberty of finding out where you worked and decided to contact you specifically. The two part being is that I have recently watched a documentary called “Regret to Inform”. I am sure that, as a history teacher, you have seen this heart wrenching documentary about a woman whose husband died during the American War, or the Vietnam War as you call it, and how she contacted other…

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…

Throughout time and the existence of man, there has been war. Whether the war was with a different tribe, a different town, a different state, a different, country, a different continent, or even within oneself. War can come in all shapes and sizes whether it is from the Revolutionary War or to having a war within one’s mind. No matter the size of the war, there will always be damages, even if the damage is not direct. The stories “The Things They Carried” by Tim O’Brien and “The Red…

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…