Lord Of The Flies Persuasive Essay
Sammy Moses
Ms. Claes
ELA 9
08 December 2016
The USA Should Have Never Invaded Vietnam
In the historic novel Lord of the Flies, written by William Goling, A plane has crashed on an unhabituated island in the Pacific as they are trying to flee from the war. Although at the beginning of the story the boys are obsessed with law and order; but near the end of the book, the boys get into a short-sided and life changing war; just like the United States in 1945. Although the boys, and the US thought they were getting into a smart war they were surly mistaken. The US invading Vietnam was not a smart idea that ended up hurting America for years to come. The invasion put our country in debt, sent our veterans home to have horrible lives, and it caused for the death of millions of innocent civilians and of our soldiers. …show more content…
The government was so confident going into the war that they didn’t even think of the fact that they may be the ones who come out on the losing end. As the time the war was ended, in a span of 2 years 3 million people had died including 58,000 American soldiers. The fact that millions of citizens died impacted the world greatly. America invaded Vietnam because they believed that in order to gain a lead in the cold war they needed to defeat north Vietnam as they were supported by their bitter enemies China, North Korea, and Russia. Even though it was not popular in America the government did it anyways, there were protests that spread the nation from people that wanted to bring peace to the world. These people were like Piggy in the book Lord of the
Ms. Claes
ELA 9
08 December 2016
The USA Should Have Never Invaded Vietnam
In the historic novel Lord of the Flies, written by William Goling, A plane has crashed on an unhabituated island in the Pacific as they are trying to flee from the war. Although at the beginning of the story the boys are obsessed with law and order; but near the end of the book, the boys get into a short-sided and life changing war; just like the United States in 1945. Although the boys, and the US thought they were getting into a smart war they were surly mistaken. The US invading Vietnam was not a smart idea that ended up hurting America for years to come. The invasion put our country in debt, sent our veterans home to have horrible lives, and it caused for the death of millions of innocent civilians and of our soldiers. …show more content…
The government was so confident going into the war that they didn’t even think of the fact that they may be the ones who come out on the losing end. As the time the war was ended, in a span of 2 years 3 million people had died including 58,000 American soldiers. The fact that millions of citizens died impacted the world greatly. America invaded Vietnam because they believed that in order to gain a lead in the cold war they needed to defeat north Vietnam as they were supported by their bitter enemies China, North Korea, and Russia. Even though it was not popular in America the government did it anyways, there were protests that spread the nation from people that wanted to bring peace to the world. These people were like Piggy in the book Lord of the