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…During the Han Dynasty, China officially became a Confucian state and prospered domestically through agriculture, handicrafts and commerce. The population reached 50 million and the empire extended its political and cultural influence over Vietnam…

…times during the main character's life. Vonnegut himself fought in World War II as a youth, and the war left him with lasting impressions. He wrote the novel during the Vietnam War, a controversial war in the US in which many young people had to fight. In his…

…;Tab/>The anti-heroic 'bunch' also represents contemporary American soldiers in the late 60s, out of place in the jungles of Vietnam. Unchanged men in a changing land. Out of step, out of place and desperately out of time...Suddenly a new West had…

…impressions of Vietnam? Did all foreigners despise my country? Would we always be looked down upon? As I sank deeper and deeper in questions and doubts, more new thoughts flooded my mind. I panicked at the limitation of my knowledge. I had been studying since age…

…but also a Vietnamese girl who is always keen on representing Vietnam landscape postcard and telling Vietnam fairy tales. This time it really helps.…

…me like a real member in their family. Everything seemed to be all right until the day I had to go to school. My new college was totally different from my oriented-college in Vietnam. Each group only had about nine students or maybe less than…

…coutries and regions, including South Korea, China, Thailand, and Spain. In 1993, a pirated edition published in Vietnam proved popular. Moreover, when the official version was published in October 1998 it sold over 10 million copies and became a bestseller…

…-protection are usually stolen. However, a gun kept for protection is six times more likely to kill someone you know rather than an attacker. Seventy percent of the people killed by handguns are shot by relatives or friends. A lot of people died in the Vietnam War…

…In 1979, Vittorio Storaro was awarded the Oscar in Cinematography for Francis Ford Coppola's epic Vietnam War movie Apocalypse Now. In this film, Col. Walter E. Kurtz (Marlon Brando) is a high-ranking Green Beret who gets a few wires crossed in his head…

…was born on April 29th, 1947 in Bogalusa, Louisiana. He was the oldest of five children. He grew up near the jazz and blues center of New Orleans, which later became an important influence on his poetry. Later in his life, he served in the Vietnam War, another…