South Vietnam

This observation was probably made by the novelist as he had travelled all over India, even to the Punjab, during his service in the army. However, this is a very dispassionate description of the carnage, although its horrors have been described very graphically. He too must have been stunned by the violence and the carnage that was the culmination of the freedom struggle. Manohar Malgonkar has also drawn the attention of the reader towards the ideals which no longer hold water and the creed of…

experiences of civilians during the Vietnam war. Tram's diary demonstrates Vietnamese nationalism's impact on the war effort for both soldiers and Tram, effectively leading to the idea of a dehumanized American society. Prior to Americans entering the Vietnam war, the Vietnamese looked to Ho Chi Minh, who spoke passionately about overcoming French imperialism and fighting for independence. He dehumanized the French, calling them “terrorists”, and encouraged citizens of Vietnam to take back…

S.J Kincaid's fantasy story, “Insignia” takes place in WWIII where many friendships are broken, sometimes by only one, wrong word. When the trainees got into small fights especially in competitions such as “War Games”, those who were once friends and fought for each other went opposite directions. In most of these cases they turned on each other. In one situation especially, the main character Tom gets into a small fight with Wyatt, and calls her a name. Then she snapped and said that, she hoped…

Castaneda 1 Bryan Castaneda Professor Hungate History 146-02 November 17, 2017 Jonestown Tragedy United States is facing a massive amount of backlash from the Vietnam War, the 1960s ended with the Civil Rights Era and “War on Poverty” which has effects going into the 1970s. Rise of Second Wave Feminism. Also, the Cold War and resentment towards Communism is widespread across America. These events are what its creating so much upheaval in America in the 1970s Jim Jones was born on May 13,1931…

O’Brien recollects the most unyielding Vietnam stories that are borderline between absolutely implausible and conventional. Rat Kiley tells a story of his first assignment in the mountains of Chu Lai near a river called the Song Tra Bong where he ran an aid station with eight other men. One day, Eddie Diamond, jokingly suggests bringing a girl to the camp there because the area is safe and highly unguarded. A younger medic, Mark Fossie goes off to bring his girl, Mary Anne Bell. Mary Anne…

In “Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence,” Martin Luther King, a civil rights leader, uses his voice to bring attention to the injustices of race. He also focuses on the maltreatment of humanity, and how the Vietnam War is a start to the violence that occurs in America. He mentions that the war has led to the increase of violence in America because people aren’t speaking up. King uses the U.S. American government as an example to expose that their power of freedom and equality are no longer…

of baggage which have different emotions, guilt, religion, pictures and also some special as well as sad memory. In the novel The Things They Carried, Tim O’Brien describes American soldiers who bear to take a physical and mental pain during the Vietnam war. Some soldiers have to carry emotional baggage after someone’s loss and some soldiers carry pictures of their loved ones, family or friends who die during the war. They also take different types of weapons such as guns and knives. As the…

creative minded, drugged up photo journalist broadcasting the atrocities of war Vietnam. Hoppers sporadic costume design of multiple cameras dangling from his neck as well as the low angle shot and dialogue to Willard “I’m an American” illustrates the emphasis Coppola had on showcasing the dominance and impact media had on the war which consequently formed the anti-war protest against U.S. Militant troops in Vietnam. To illustrate irony inherit by the U.S. army as well as the power of darkness…

The experience of the soldiers of the Vietnam War presents itself within the poems, “Camouflaging the Chimera” by Yusef Koumunyakaa and “A Piece of Sky without Bombs” by Lam Thi My Da. In Koumunyakaa’s poem, the author describes the experience of the American Soldiers as they travelled through the secluded jungles of Vietnam, waiting for the Vietcong to attack. The purpose of this poem is to highlight the experiences of a soldier in Vietnam, rather than just looking in from an outside…

Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried is a war story that is put together with many different stories of the main character Tim’s deployment in Vietnam. In the book, the author includes stories of soldiers that ultimately changed their lives. He writes stories of love, loss, and mystery along with multiple other themes. But, the main theme for this book is the soldiers’ fear of showing signs of weakness. The soldiers do not want people to see them as weak including: their friends, family, and…