Both pieces depict young men as they lose their innocence in the Vietnam War facing the inhumane acts that comes along with war. ... Thus far, this is shown as the young men go into the Vietnam War sheltered and not really being revealed to immorality in the world. ... Richie starts off in Nam very naive, assuming that he wouldn't actually be set out to combat and that the war was coming to an end when in fact the war was just beginning. ... Whereas in "The Man I Killed" O'Brien narrates his experience in the Vietnam War. ... Although Meyers' "Fallen Angels" ...

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He was beginning to be confused, the war had changed and so were he and his platoon. ... He was beginning to lose control of his life and his actions. ... By this time Caputo was beginning to gave nightmares of the people he had watched die in Vietnam. ... Caputo's story of Vietnam tells us a lot about the confusion and turmoil our soldiers experienced in the war. ... The American experience in Vietnam was not a good one at all. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Relate his feelings from the beginning to the end of his tour of duty. ... This book showed me that the Vietnam War was a horrible and questionable war. ... This book showed me what the Vietnam War could do to a person. ... The Vietnam War screwed up soldiers" heads and it was not even for a worthwhile cause. ... The Vietnam War should never have even occurred. ...

• Word Count: 994
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• Grade Level: High School

A Rumor of War by Philip Caputo was an interesting story about one man's reflection upon and story of the Vietnam War. ... I chose it because I knew little of the Vietnam War, and thought it would be educational yet interesting for me to read. I also choose it because it was actually written by someone who was in the war. ... In the beginning of the book I could not quite understand his thirst for war and fighting. ... It gave me a better understanding not only of the Vietnam War, but also of the events that take place during a war, and the feelings and actions the soldiers" experience....

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• Grade Level: High School

Summary: The Things They Carried is a riveting book in which Vietnam War veteran Tim O"Brien abstractly writes of his experiences in the war. ... Jimmy Cross" change in character is just the beginning of The Things They Carried. ... The only man he killed in Vietnam. ... One that forces him to revisit Vietnam, or, more specifically, the place where he killed the man, to finally achieve peace. ... Through fictionalization it seems the author was finally able to cope with what HE learned in Vietnam; the truth about life. ...

• Word Count: 982
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• Grade Level: High School

"Homecoming", by Bruce Dawe, illustrates and recounts the tragedies of the Vietnam War in an even-tempered, but negative tone. ... 'They're', made use of at the beginning of five consecutive sentences highlights exactly this. ... Despite having made the ultimate sacrifice of going to war, the fact the most attention they are presented with is from a dog accentuates the global concept of war as dehumanizing. ... This meaning is however used ironically by subtly contrasting the traditional implications of the word, with the shocking reality of dead soldiers flown home from Vietnam...

• Word Count: 951
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Several Vietnam veterans are interviewed to show that it is possible to turn civilians into soldiers. A war veteran talks about his experience when he arrived at Parris Island as a teenager to receive his training. ... The experienced soldier can follow his orders, whereas the inexperienced soldiers represent free citizens that are beginning to take orders. ... Furthermore, at the beginning, middle and end of the film, little scenes are shown of the Soviet army marching. ... Dyer believes that in the end, the governments are responsible for starting wars. ...

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