common cover of When the Hipchicks went to War‚ by Pamela Rushby‚ represents the cultural context and values of the text. This cover represents the geographical context of Vietnam‚ the innocence of the main characters (personal context)‚ the freedom of the late 1960’s (social context) and the Vietnam War period (Historical context). The composer uses a range of visual literacy techniques to represent these contexts and values. When the Hipchicks went to War tells the story of a group of young Australian
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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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chemical agent‚ napalm would leave the enemy dead or with everlasting effects from the burns. Not only was it dangerous‚ it was also versatile in that it could be used in a variety of delivery methods. Napalm was used very wildly during the Vietnam War. Napalm is “chemical mixture of aluminum‚ oleic acid‚ coconut fatty acid‚ naphthenic‚ and an acid produced from petroleum” (new standard encyclopedia). Napalm is like a sticky jelly that is extremely flammable and can burn for up to ten minutes creating
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December 4‚ 2013 History 287 The Vietnam War Romance Of War In the book‚ “Novel Without a Name‚” by Duong Thu Huong‚ the novel is told from the North Vietnamese viewpoint in the Vietnam War. There are many themes that are shown throughout the novel. However‚ the three main themes are the effects of the war to its soldiers‚ the relationships and the love between each soldier‚ and the symbolism of nature throughout the novel. I will explain how the war has an effect on these three main themes
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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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Scotland play an important role in the British army during the First World War? Scotland played an important role in the British army right from the start of the war. Straight away there was a lot of support from Scotland as volunteer rates were bigger in proportion to the size of the population than in any other area of the UK. Scots were also highly involved in the battle of Loos which was one of the first main battles of the war. The next battle that involved a large amount of Scots was the battle
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memory by making the background the memory they want you to remember. We see this in all three films that war is the canvas of the film and is preserved through the details of the individual’s own recollections of the events. In this paper I will focusing on Peter Davis’s documentary Hearts and Minds; John
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Commentary: This quote‚ coming early in the book‚ explains how the Vietnam War was different from WWII. Instead of engaging in open battle with a distinct front‚ Vietnam was more about search and destroy. Locating the enemy was more difficult than killing him. The endless monotony of the march deprives the soldiers from feeling as though they’ve accomplished anything - no battles won or lost. This increases the sense of ambiguity in the war and in the book. The novel makes strategic shifts back and forth
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American author who writes stories based on his experiences in the Vietnam War. O’Brien‚ throughout the story ‘The Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong’‚ describes the changes that Mary Anne goes through during her time in Vietnam. Mary Anne’s physical and mental changes that she goes through during her time in Vietnam also press and signify the changes that the soldiers‚ and possibly the civilians‚ go through in a time of war. O’Brien also chooses to have Rat tell this story even though O’Brien informs
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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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