Guerrilla warfare

cIn La hora, then, the film’s mandate is not simply for the pueblo to resist, but for the people to fight to the death if necessary. The film constructs an active spectator who is expected to join the fight and pursue the revolution to its ultimate consequences. We should remember that La hora was often screened clandestinely at union meetings or for groups of militants. Its parts did not have to be shown in order and could be tailored to address the particular needs and debates of the day.…

“The Things They Carried” demonstrates the effects of war to someone both physically and mentally. The story takes place with O’Brien and Alpha company during the Vietnam war. He goes through and tell the reader what each character is carrying and also helps shed some light on each character's conscious thought. Some characters who dealt with these mental struggles really show to the reader some of Freud and Jung’s theories. These examples are Freud’s theory on a person's shadow, and Jung’s…

How Love May Not Provide Successful Comfort Warzones can be incredibly violent, terrifying, and gruesome places. Especially during the Vietnam War, when soldiers had very long deployments in horrid conditions, one major way to deal with the difficult environment was to remember that there was a world beyond it. Even in civilian life, a very positive way to deal with stress is to remember that there is a life outside of the stressor. In the short stories in his book The Things They Carried, Tim…

WWI was a bloody war that although was primarily fought with trench warfare. Chemical warfare was used, often killing the soldiers in brutal ways. Sandburg displays this brutality by narrating, “Ten thousand men and boys twist their bodies in a red soak along a river edge” (11-13). Also WWI had around 38 million casualties making…

Despite the widespread controversy and questionable motivations of the Vietnam War, a study conducted shows that 74% of Vietnam veterans would serve again, even knowing the outcome (Roush). This statistic makes sense, because according to the same report 2/3 of the soldiers were volunteers, not conscripted soldiers. Tim O’Brien’s novel, The Things They Carried, although a fictional book, very accurately depicts the hardships faced on a normal basis by soldiers serving in Vietnam. The author…

The short story “Sudden” written by Duncan Long and the poem “Anthem for Doomed Youth” by Wilfred Owen presents how war has corrupted our humanity throughout history. Writers reflect their belief on the tragedy of war. This is presented through Duncan Long’s story which shows the reality of war that is brutal and violent through imagery and characterisation, suggests that war destroys innocence in youth. Through the use of symbolization, the poet, Wilfred Owen explores the idea that deaths in…

One war that clouds the United States with shame is the Vietnam War. The United States joining the war was an unpopular decision and was resented by many. Many stories have been told from the Vietnam war. Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried features the Alpha Company, a United States army unit that fought during the Vietnam War. The Vietnam War was unique because the United States drafted men to be in the army. This situation was true for some of the men in the Alpha Company, including Tim…

In “The Things They Carried” by Tim O’Brien, he introduces the idea that the mental burdens outweigh the physical burdens that those in war must endure. I can relate to the mentalities of many of these men, the question of death would be something constantly crossing my mind as well. Having to constantly wonder when you or the person next to you might die has to be emotionally draining. O’Brien states that the unknowing of the future or the uncertainty many of these soldiers experienced far…

Imagine if you were one of the many people who was forced to go to war after graduating your high school career. In the novel, The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien, he explains the experiences in Vietnam through the actions of soldiers in the book. Bravery and death were themes shown throughout the book because O’Brien focuses on the behaviors of the soldiers’ living in fear. Both themes makes a connection when the soldiers had to prove they’re courageous to fight in the war while other…

Apocalypse Now, made in 1979, was a film about the 1954-1975 Vietnam War, along with the psychological effects and how it’s caused a social issue. This war of “aerial bombing and small guerilla skirmishes” was a very “unpopular war”, as Eric Foner says in Give Me Liberty: Fourth Edition. It is also known that this war was America’s longest war lasting a little over 20 years. As shown in the film, it was a brutal, gruesome, and unwinnable war that only one couldn’t imagine. It is quoted in the…