... feared this spread, thinking that once South Vietnam became communist, other countries would follow, and sought to contain any further communist spread by eliminating all communist supporters from Vietnam. Herr recognizes this ideology of control and the irony of its unapplacability in Vietnam. On the ground floor of the jungle world of Vietnam, where guerrilla strategies and cloaking terrain ... created chaos not seen from America's distant bird's eye view, the idea of control seemed ludicrous. Herr writes, "That fall, all that the Mission talked about was control: arms control, informa...

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... sympathetic feelings by presenting the characters on a micro-level. For the crew of the ship their time spent on the vessel seems like a right of passage lead by the Captain, Herr Kaleun. The characters aboard the ship are in a situation that anyone can identify with, even if the sailors are fighting for the Nazi regime. The feeling of entrapment, emphasized by ... the man whose death stands in for the fate of the fighting." (Prager 237) The easiest character for the audience to identify is the Captain. From when we first meet Herr Kaleun and on we always see him in complete control of ...

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• Grade Level: High School

... fought like warrior poets and etched an understanding of the terror or war, the power of love, and the brilliance of peace to what should be all Americans. U.S. journalist, Michael Herr, once said, "All the wrong people remember Vietnam. I think all the people who remember it should forget it, and all the people who forget it should remember it." You can ... ...

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• Grade Level: High School