understand why soldiers would choose to fight and why they kept fighting for so long. Through a series of letters written by the soldiers themselves‚ one can see multiple motivations for soldiers in Vietnam‚ such as believing in the cause‚ self-preservation‚ and comradary amongst the men. This is all brought together in Dear America: Letters Home From Vietnam‚ an adequate volume edited by Bernard Edelman for the New York Vietnam Veterans Memorial Commission. First‚ there were many soldiers‚ at least
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Colonel Hal Moore and 400 young troopers from the elite newly formed American 7th "Air" Cavalry‚ were surrounded by 2‚000 North Vietnamese soldiers dug into the tunnel warren mountainside. The ensuing battle was one of the most savage in U.S. history and is portrayed here as the signal encounter between the American and North Vietnamese armies. We Were Soldiers Once... And Young is a tribute to the nobility of those men under fire‚ their common acts of uncommon valor‚ and their loyalty to and love
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Child soldiers are perhaps perpetrators in a way the story tells it‚ but are they? I believe that child soldiers are victims because Commanders made them‚ forcefully‚ go to war at the age around 9-12. Additionally‚ they were drugged and weren’t thinking straight‚ and thought they would feel more secure and safe with other armed forces. As a result of child soldiers following orders from adults‚ they don’t realize they can affect other people‚ and by that they start to think that it’s okay to hurt
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to arms” by Hemingway‚ there are several symbols that help us understand the story better. Rain‚ river‚ and the officer’s stars are some that Hemingway uses to represent another idea. Rain is a recurrent symbol in the book that represents the idea of death and lost. At the beginning of the book Lt. Henry says “At the start of the winter came the permanent rain and with the rain came the cholera. But it was checked and in the end only seven thousand died of it in the army” (Hemingway 4). Lt. Henry
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negative consequences of the Lost Generation through the characters’ lives. The characters‚ Jake Barnes and his friends‚ live aimless lives by traveling around‚ drinking alcohol‚ and dramatic love affairs. Jake Barnes and his friends seem to have no home‚ belief‚ and affection towards others. Especially after serving at the military during World War 1‚ these characters
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was known as “The Great War” or WW1. In the story “In Another Country” Hemingway was an injured soldier in Milan‚ he was one of the very first to try out a new machine that was supposed to help injuries. The doctor that was helping him with his leg injury was hopeful that the machines were going to work and Hemingway would be playing football just like he had been doing before the war. Then he meets another soldier who is getting his mangled hand fixed by the same machines and the doctor also
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In the book Citizen Soldiers by Stephen E. Ambrose‚ the title explains mainly what the book is about. The title itself gives you the insight about how the war was fought through the perspective of a regular citizen fighting in the biggest war in history. During the war there were many casualties‚ as a result more regular citizens were being drafted to go right into battle. In this book Ambrose exemplifies the fact that there were many regular citizens in the war and that they took the situation
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“A Soldier” a Literary Analysis We are kept on this earth to make a difference‚ but we do not know what for. The poem “A Soldier” by Robert Frost tells the story of a fallen soldier. A soldier has fallen on the battle field. We do not know why the soldier fell; only that fallen soldier knew why. In this poem Frost uses metaphor and personification to compare a soldier to a lance. First‚ Frost uses personification to compare a soldier to a lance. By doing this you do not know if the soldier is
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Portrayal of soldiers Betrayal can make us feel like we are being lied to or told a false story about something to make it sound better compared to reality. I have chosen the theme betrayal and disrespect as it is portrays the soldiers in the movies “Hacksaw Ridge” directed by Mel Gibson and “Rambo” directed by Sylvester Stallone. The themes; portrayal and disrespect can also be found in the song “War Pigs” by Black Sabbath and the poem “Dulce Et Decorum Est” written by Wilfred Owens. The poem
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Ernest Hemingway‚ A legacy for American Literature Some say that Hemingway’s personal life should disqualify him from the literature canon. They state that his torrent affairs‚ his alcoholism‚ and his mental state should preclude him from entry into the canon. These are the very things that help to make Hemingway a unique writer. Although his genre is fiction‚ he relies on his real life experiences with the people and places that he visited. The very definition of the literary canon disputes these
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