since 1860 November 13th, 2014 Vietnam War: Comparative Literary Analysis People, through their lifetime, will sooner or later hear the Vietnam War mentioned. Sure it was a war with great value to historians, but the average person does not even know what the war was fought over. The soldiers who fought in the war were asking the same question. The war was fought to try and combat communism from consuming South Vietnam. Most people didn’t understand why the States were involved in the conflict to begin
The Vietnam War started in November 1, 1955, for the United States and ended in April 30, 1975. North Vietnam was primarily supported by Russian Spetsnaz and China, and South Vietnam was supported by the United States. One of the most important army ranks is a Lieutenant Colonel aside from a General. This is true because a General is usually not found in the battle field, so the army needed a leader in the war that is close to the soldiers and doing the fighting. The Lieutenant Colonel had many
Although the Vietnam War and the Iraq War were fought 30+ years apart, and thus have technical differences, the mindset and characteristics of soldiers from both wars is nearly identical. Themes such as fear and courage are prevalent throughout The Things They Carried, and are observable factors in real stories from Iraq. One of the main themes in The Things They Carried is fear, and it is repeated in every single chapter. For the soldiers in the book, this fear has many forms and most of the time
The Vietnam War remains one of the most controversial wars in the United States’ history. With a diverse military fighting the conflict, many different methods of coping with the destruction and horrors were developed by the soldiers. The movie Apocalypse Now depicts the Vietnam War in a way that shows the many mindsets of soldiers and how they cope with the constant conflict around them. From reminding themselves of home, taking drugs to mentally escape, caring for something or someone, focusing
“ Her legs, he thought, were most certainly the legs of a virgin, dry and without hair…” (O'Brien 4). In the paragraph above, Lieutenant Jimmy Cross was dreaming about whether the woman he loved was a virgin or not. Throughout “The Things They Carried” there are many sexual references. "The Thing They Carried" is not recommended for anyone who cannot tolerate sex and profanity. However, the book should not be banned, as it teaches us about the Vietnam War and explains to us about the loss, sadness
who they are. In the story “Things They Carried,” the author goes on and on listing things that were carried by soldiers during the Vietnam War. There were common things like toothbrush and water, the things you would expect, but then the author gets more personal talking about specific soldiers and their personal items. Every soldier had something from home, something to remind them of what they were fighting for or to at least keep them connected to the real world. Ted Lavender carried tranquilizers
into the atrocities of the Vietnam War and exposes to America the real truth behind sending troops abroad. Many Americans were in a way blind to what was happening halfway across the world. Without the horrors unfolding right before them in their streets it was easy for people to become indifferent to the war simply because they were not fully aware of what was happening. Many Americans were for the war because the government promised communist containment and promoted the war in a light that deemed
investigation is to uncover how warfare influences soldiers in different ways through the lens of the three psychological levels of analysis. The biological, socio-cultural and cognitive levels of analysis will provide unique insights into the human brain, behaviour, social interactions, etc. which will all help to uncover and help us to understand the psychological consequences of warfare on soldiers. Through this process we will begin to understand how soldiers may be affected differently under the same
realize that they hold just as good of positions as their male counterparts. This reigned true during the Vietnam War. Although women held integral roles in keeping the military units strong, they never received the recognition or admiration from the public that they were worthy of. The Department of Defense estimated that there were about 7,500 women who actively served in the military in Vietnam, whereas
“You don’t tell me how to run my war, Elias!” Despite this, Elias refuses his disapproval and goes his own way based on his plan. Both Elias and Barnes have a same goal, which is focusing on the mission and then accomplishing it, and also attempting to bring as many of their own platoon’s soldiers back to the base as possible without any casualties. Even if they are in the