Professor Brennen English 1020 22 February 2012 Mary Anne Bell of “Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong” by Tim O’Brian It is a well known fact that experiencing war changes people; there is an innocence that is forever lost. In Tim O’Brian’s‚ “Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong”‚ Mary Anne Bell is an unusual example of the innocence that is lost in war because unlike the rest of the soldiers‚ she is a woman. Mary Anne’s transformation from innocent “sweetheart” to fierce warrior left readers with mixed emotions
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She soon became an insensitive killer who wore a tongue necklace as jewelry. She embraced the land of Vietnam so much she just wanted to consume it‚ be one with the land. Until one day she left and never came back. Women at the time of the Vietnam War were tied down like somebody’s property and were only seen as the typical house wife. Vietnam gave Mary Anne the chance to be free and independent to do whatever she desired. Not only
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Bloody‚ blanketed battlefields. Twisted corpses‚ rotting in the scorching day’s sun. War brings out the horrifying and gratuitous violence in humanity. For centuries we have been fighting against our own kind and for what purpose? War. What is it good for? ‘Absolutely nothing’ according to soul singer Edwin Starr. Even today‚ turn on the TV any day of the week and we will be confronted by horrifying images straight out of a horror movie. Severed heads being carried by children. Innocent people slaughtered
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his country. After experiencing the war firsthand‚ Ron’s views and feelings regarding the war change drastically. The movie opens up in the beginning of Ron Kovic’s life‚ as he experiences his childhood. He’s a boy who loves his country‚ and longs to fight for it‚ but as the movie progresses‚ the love fades‚ or does it? In the end we are left with a man who loves his country‚ just as much as he did as a boy. What makes this movie the best Vietnam war movie ever made‚ is Oliver Stone with
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Police Vietnamese immigrant in Fukushima‚ with a 9-year old Japanese boy. Not too long ago‚ The Vietnam war had affected millions of lives for over a decade‚ A massive human cost of death and countless injuries‚ physically and mentally. Vietnam was scorched by napalm‚ dead bodies were scattered everywhere. And now‚ if we would look at how Vietnam has made it‚ it spontaneously survived the war times. People understood the concept of sacrifice for the greater good. Our own version of Christianity
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leader and President of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam‚ Ho Chi Minh and his brand of Vietnamese nationalism. Ho had successfully sought military aid and financial assistance from communist China and the Soviet Union in the years after World War II but he was driven by more logical objectives than what he regarded as old world communist ideologies. The political alliances he forged on behalf of the Viet Minh were always a means to an end with the end being an independent Vietnam under Viet
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Period 6 AP English “The Things They Carried” Questions a) What are the main subjects/topics of this novel? What exactly is the author writing about? How do you know? The main subject of this book is the horrors of war. Tim O’Brien fought in the Vietnam War and has experienced some of the events he retells in the book. For example‚ in “The Man I Killed‚” a chapter in the book‚ O’Brien describes the man he killed over and over again because the horror that he killed someone was imprinted
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America takes into wars‚ the decisions that made the Vietnam War and the bureaucracy at war. Loren Baritz writes this book about the time period of 1945 to about 1975‚ which is post World War II to post Vietnam War. Loren Baritz describes how American culture influenced the way the American soldiers fought in Vietnam and how American culture influenced the way politics and generals made their decisions during the Vietnam War. This book talks about the reasons why America went to war‚ how America fought
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These Hateful Hands In this beautifully described unfortunate tale‚ it paints a detailed picture of what life was like first hand during the Vietnam war and its effects it had on the main characters and how coming to America was just as hard as living through the Vietnam war. It is a tale built on love but sustained on hate. The Authors mother was disowned for falling deeply in love with a rough gangster from the northern region of Vietnam. They had a very rough life in Vietnam filled with fear
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