Marxism Vietnam War

Her descriptive detail writing style comes from her experiences at the front of the war from visuals of death to the destruction the war brought to her homeland. She is an advocate for democratic reform and her novels speak against the communist regime. The Vietnamese communist party expelled her for her protests and ordered that none of her books be published in Vietnam. She served prison time for her protests and later was allowed to travel to France where she lives in exile to this day. None of her work is allowed to be sold or read in Vietnam. The root of the story and the reason there was a war to begin with was the fear of the spread of communism. People within communistic regimes are often times brainwashed or led to believe that all
Elder generation fathers gained more prestige by volunteering their sons to the war effort. There were recruiting rallies and dinners to aid the recruiting efforts. Villagers at home were expected to help soldiers in any way they could. Giving them a place to stay and meals as they passed through. Villagers were also expected to check soldiers’ papers to ensure they were not deserters as only proper documentation allowed soldiers to leave the fronts of the war. In North Vietnam communism and Marxism are the same thing however instead of an ideology Joseph Marx himself is viewed as a god himself. Quan in the story states that Marx is his god. Much like the people of North Korea worship Kim Jong-Un. The reason behind this behavior is best explained by Claire Trần Thị Liên in her article Communist State and Religious Policy in Vietnam: A Historical Perspective “In the Marxist-Leninist tradition, religion is considered as an obstacle to the fight for revolution, hence the socialist transformation should lead to the definitive extinction of religions” (234). This explains the belief in an ideology instead of a particular religion. According to the Committee for