These are all very important issues even to this day. They are a reflection of the struggles that people faced during the Vietnam War. The three points listed above helped our country rethink it’s policy about war. ‘Full Metal Jacket’ accomplishes this by depicting some gruesome deaths and through it’s main character, private “Joker.” ‘Full Metal Jacket’ suggests that America is no longer the innocent and righteous country that it claims to be. The second movie ‘Platoon’ also shows the horrors that our American soldiers endured, as well as caused. ‘Platoon’ accomplished it through the main character Chris, and the struggle of his soul as he fought to do what was right in the Vietnam War. This basically showed how America was both good and evil (like any man), and how it

The next message that can be seen in either move is the removal of racial lines. For example in the film ‘Full Metal Jacket’, when a Vietnamese hooker walks by, many of the white soldiers make racial comments to some of the black soldiers. Instead of offending them, it just makes them laugh and spout out some racial comment about the white soldiers. This racial name-calling in any other situation would almost assuredly cause a fight, but in the Vietnam War soldiers were more concerned with survival than the color of another soldiers skin. This relates to the United States because all throughout this time period white and black Americans were struggling with the race issue and racial tension. By using such derogatory terms in a comical sense makes the name calling less powerful and hurtful to members of either race. Basically, the characters overcame their fears of the other races by making fun and joking with them.

made a mistake by fighting in the Vietnam War.

The film ‘Platoon’ also shows the loss of innocence in its main character. When Chris learns that it was Barnes who killed Elias he immediately decides he will get even with Barnes for Elias’s sake. Chris finally gets his chance after a big firefight the night before with the Vietcong. When the smoke clears and the mourning comes, Chris finds a wounded Barnes crawling into the bush. Chris takes up a gun and shoots Barnes in cold blood. Now that Chris has killed some one in cold blood he is no better than Barnes and has lost his innocence. This is relevant because it is another example of how America lost its innocence due to its participation in the Vietnam War. Even though America perceives itself as a righteous nation to some one else they are the enemy.

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