When Peewee and Perry were hiding in a VC spider hole he began to think again. ... The only real thing was he a Peewee sitting in that hole waiting to be killed. ... It was like watching a movie. ... They would pop out of holes in the ground and surprise us with attacks. ...
Throughout the movie the viewer is witness to the changed man. ... The themes of horror are evident in this movie just as sharply as they are in The Things They Carried. ... We first see how Willard has been adapted to the life in the jungle in the opening scenes of the movie. ... His separation from civilization could be seen when he burns a hole through the graduation picture of his wife. ...
Richie does the same but in a different way, instead of going towards comic relief or thinking of himself as a character in the movie he questions why the other soldiers in his company and him are in the war. ... The other was a star-shaped hole" (page 90). ...
The Vietnam War was responsible for widespread protests and demonstrations throughout the late 1960s. The United States' involvement in Indochina was an issue that pitted friend against friend and generation against generation. Indeed, America was torn between sharply divergent opinions. For those y...
