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…Cruelty of War Primarily, Tim O'Brien's "The Things They Carried" depicts the experiences of a Lieutenant and his men during the Vietnam war. As O'Brien develops the story, he embodies the idea that life at war inflicts psychological trauma…

…, mainly to “honorably” end the war in Vietnam. He did opposite that when he escalated the war by bombing North Vietnam and Cambodia. This eventually resulted in a cease fire and Nixon was able to call American troops back…

…learned through Kurtz's death, and he now knows that inside every human is this horrible, evil side. The movie, Apocalypse Now, is based loosely upon Joseph Conrad's book. Captain Willard is a Marlow who is on a mission into Cambodia during the Vietnam war…

…. Although in the movie Captain Williard says that it must be more because every man in this war is a murderer. In the movie the setting is in Vietnam during the Vietnam war and in the book it is in the Congo in the time that European countries were invading…

…of this, as our nation developed, we found ourselves in WWI, WWII, The Cold War, The Vietnam War, and the Gulf War. As technology advances, the number of casualties has been brought down, but war is still a waste of lives. Others say that history has taught us that war…

…times, theology has had a difficult time defending the existence of God in light of the many atrocities that have occurred in the last 100 years, such as the Holocaust, World War II, the Vietnam War, and the ethnic cleansing of Kosovo. As a result, theology…

…as he struggles to come home again” (152). Hemingway’s writing style was unique, but effective. Tim O’Brien’s “How to Tell a True War Story” was a story shares of a war experience based in Vietnam. It is about a letter written from Rat to Curt Lemon’s…

…In Tim O’Brien’s short story “The Things They Carried,” we are drawn into the world of the common soldier during the Vietnam War. As the title implies, these men carried with them many things while performing their duties. These things ranged from…

…war in Vietnam and Korea, which ended by the interference of the Americans and UN troops, or the never-ending triangle issues between Taiwan, china and the United States. And how about human right’s record within Asia, one of the worst in the world…

…(Levy 293). Later on after gradation Colin served in Vietnam for 2 years. He was also stationed in Korea (Hughes 63). However, in 1975 he enrolled at the National War college before given command of the Second Brigade of the 101st Airborne Division (Levy…