Napalm

Journalism is decaying, rotting. The first signs of decay start to appear around the Vietnam War. When news reporters and writers in Vietnam send home horrifying images of civilians, children, burned by US napalm droppings and overall negative results on the American side of the war, the government gets concerned at the increase in anti-war sentiment and undermining of American patriotism and trust in the government. Then a few years after the end of the war…

Roth’s. Nevertheless, both men are inspiring and encourage writers to extend their muscles their full range of motion when they are challenging the mores and stupidities of their time. I think both manifestos, in their combined state, produce enough napalm and itch to make any lazy writer stand to attention and reconsider their duty in our intellectually starved and neglected…

“In Vietnam, the Chemical Corps continued its support of combat operations through the employment of incendiary munitions, herbicides, riot control agents, and other efforts” (Mauroni, n.d.). Chemical Soldiers practiced to the use of herbicides and napalm in order to destroy vegetation throughout the jungles of Vietnam in order to significantly impact the concealment available to enemy forces. Riot Control Agents such as CS gas were also employed, and used to saturate large unoccupied areas of…

Vietnam War “One of the lessons learned during the Vietnam war was that the depiction of wounded soldiers, of coffins stacked higher than their living guards, had a negative effect on the view public”- Walter Dean Myers. With the many deaths of brave soldiers and innocent citizens, the people’s high view on the government’s opinion for the public decreased drastically. There was a feeling of insecurity and malicious emotions towards the military and the government. The Vietnam war has impacted…

While violence plays a large role in war, some may seem senseless but when taken into account, being in war makes violence unavoidable. In The Things They Carried by Tim O’brien, Tim writes about his whole platoon and the violence they face. Things may come off as senseless, but being in war makes it so that violence can not really be avoided. War itself means to be in armed conflict within two nations or states. When in armed conflict, all violence is inevitable because violence is in human…

Gillo Pontecorvo’s movie Queimada(Burn!), set in the fictions island of Queimada, which is located in the lesser Antilles and is under the control of Portugal, is about the black slave populations struggle for freedom in the face of foreign control over their land. The main character is Sir William Walker, who is sent by the British crown to the island to instigate an insurrection of the peasants and slaves against the Portuguese and establish a government friendly to british interests. He…

I’d like to begin by saying congratulations on your acceptance into the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Whether or not you’ve had the chance to tour the campus, I’m confident you’ll walk away learning something new. This tour has been specifically designed by the Multicultural Student Center to help point out resources aimed at creating a more inclusive and safe environment for our incoming students. We’ll make stops at some of the places on campus that have helped foster minority student…

Grizzly Men and The Grizzly Man An analysis of two Werner Herzog documentaries By Leon Kavanagh 16/11/14 Year 3 Film & Television Production Word count: Herzog’s immense gift for coaxing such human performances from his subjects is undeniably present in his documentary features. There is no tabloid longevity, but true beatification of the human spirit to triumph and over come the minutest of odds. Growing up in a worn torn Munich, Herzog moved to the remote Bavarian village of…

The movie commences with upside down images and faces imprinted on its memory. We observe yellow fog and trees which precede a napalm air strike. We find a soldier face which is pained and disillusioned. This depicts war everywhere. The soldiers merge with another soldier and disappear into the forest. The soldier is tormented and possessed; he looks at his image in the mirror and grins to destroy it. He wraps himself in his blood, and this reminds us of his face painted with mad. In this scene,…

The Vietnam War was different than any other war before. This was the first time ever that media coverage played a part in the war. It was fought between North Vietnam and South Vietnam. The U.S. ended up getting involved to prevent the spread of communism to South Vietnam. This was a very controversial decision and many thought we had no reason to be there. It ended up being one of the deadliest wars we have ever been a part of. The role of media played a huge role in the Vietnam War and…