... in fear of their lives, and their future. They started wearing peace symbols, and disobeying orders. Most likely, guess that if they had paid a little more attention to their orders, and less on peace, we would not have had such a great loss of soldiers in Vietnam. As this war progressed, ... Some could not take being ostracized, so instead they ended up taking their own lives (Bexte). Still to this day, protesters of war are affecting big city commuters, and living. In March of 2003, when Operation: Iraqi Freedom started, San Francisco was bombarded with protesters. So many protesters ...

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... they encounter. In The Quiet American, the main characters" conflict is based on a Vietnamese woman, who seems to have very little say in who she is with. Both men conceal things from her, and after being lied to and having the man she falls for murdered, she meekly returns to Thomas Fowler. Vietnamese men are all seen as potential enemy, which turns ... questioning, no matter how angry or hurt he was when Phuong left him for Pyle. I was also surprised that both films have a scene where people who live in their own little urban world are forced into watching a bombing which their friend...

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... , and uncertainty that the soldiers experience far outweigh the physical torture that they must endure in order to stay alive, burdens that are lightened only a little by the hope of returning home. The mental burden that probably weighs the most on the hearts of the men is fear. This fear comes from many ... to leave their wives and families to fight for a questionable cause. In this particular story, Martha serves as a representation of family. Lieutenant Cross, the man in charge of the soldiers, longs to be reunited with Martha. Martha occupies much of Cross's time and weighs heavily ...

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... her accepting openness towards new experiences in America. John Wayne has become, for Americans and those who watch his movies, "a symbolic male figure, a man of impregnable virility and the embodiment of simplistic, laconic virtues" (www.jwayne.com/biography.shtml). One can believe that the influence John Wayne has on ... American should view Grandma and all Vietnamese people. John Wayne has become, for Americans and those who watch his movies, "a symbolic male figure, a man of impregnable virility and the embodiment of simplistic, laconic virtues" (www.jwayne.com/biography.shtml). The ...

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... saying, " May you live in interesting times." In the sixties the world was living in interesting times. The country was going to war with a little known country, Vietnam. The youth was rebelling against the establishment. And the music of a new generation was spreading a new message of peace, love ... selection of the U.S. ranging from corporate executives to hippies. College students, engaging in radical political and cultural dissent in the sixties, made up a big part of the Movement with their demonstrations against the Vietnam War (Dudley, William. 180-206). Also, making an impact on ...

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... together the stories of the soldiers keeping many things alive and show that life a precious. "The Lives of the Dead" brings Linda's death and the soldiers all together into one big pot. It is because of Linda's death the stories are told. Linda was dead and Tim had to understand. After her death is when he started to practice the magic ... to life. It might have been a dream or a daydream but he made it happen. She's not the embodied Linda but mostly made having a new identity and a new name, like the man who never was. To Tim her name didn't matter. In Vietnam, too, they had ways of m...

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