Analysis: The Ballad Of The Green Berets

Stephen Crane’s The Red Badge of Courage, talks about a young boy becoming a man, through the ways of war. In the story Henry joins the war in search of adventure and courageousness. Henry comes face to face with new friends and foes in the story, along with looking death in the eye on more than one occasion. Stephen Crane does an excellent job in writing this book. After reading this story one general stated that “he recalled fighting in the war with Crane” (Overview).

1.The message of the song is a strong protest against the Vietnam War distinguishing between the fortunate sons, who were wealthy and did not have to serve in the war and the unfortunate sons, who were poor and paid the price.

Like many others soldiers the song writer Lachlan Irvine suffered PTSD being a major reason for writing these poems so people understand what he went through. The meaning of this poem is set upon how bad Vietnam war was like and more focusing on the lesser known parts that happened. The rhetorical questions throughout this poem created great emotional affect upon the audience making them think hard about all these different events. The language used with these questioned is very strong to create lasting effects being extremely upfront one used to

It's the old saying about rich men making war and poor men having to fight them” (“Creedence Clearwater Revival Biography”). Amidst the political chaos in America, this song was a straight profane gesture towards Nixon and his administration. CCR openly bashes the rich and powerful and the “silver spoon in hand” population with this song. They bring to light the contradictions done by the government and they express the struggle of the American population being destroyed by the war. The intensity of “Fortunate Son” and the anger in the voices and hard rock feel fueled the flame of the anti-government protests. CCR exposed the corruption behind the war to the American public with this song. The chorus starts out by saying things like, “I ain't no senator's son… I ain't no fortunate one…” These lines express how the government decides to go to war but none of them are willing to pay the true cost. Government officials don’t have to risk their lives or the lives of their families, and instead send the rest of the population to fight the war. Later on in the song, Fogerty sings “I ain't no millionaire's son… I ain't no fortunate one…” These lines bring to light the point of financial corruption with the war. Like being a senator’s son, being the son of a wealthy family made you exempt from the war. Millionares controled the government and were part of the reason the war with

The films I chose to do my comparative paper on are The Green Berets and Casualties of War. Both of these films deal with issues concerning the Vietnam War. The Vietnam War was viewed as unpopular and pointless by society; The Green Berets objective was to gain support for the Vietnam War. The film puts great emphasis on liberal war journalist George Beckwith (David Janssen). Beckwith originally doubts America's involvement in the war, but after spending time with the Green Berets, his attitude changes significantly. Casualties of War has a different perspective on the Vietnam War. The film is based on a real-life incident and it focuses on the emotional and psychological aspects of war. The film

This is talking about the bravery of the soldiers and how they were the best of the best who will fight for the oppressed. It starts to go into a story. A wife is at home waiting for her husband to return home, but he sadly dies defending the people who are oppressed. His last wish is to make his son the best of the best Green Beret. “Her Green Beret has met his fate. He has died for those oppressed,” is an important lyric to the song because it means the soldier died for the persecuted. “Leaving her his last request. Put silver wings on my son's chest. Make him one of America's best,” is a key part to the story because the man who died wants his son to be great and wants him to go to war too. This song is pro-war because the writer is proud of the Green Berets bravery and honors them very much. It makes people have gratitude for the soldiers and for the soldiers to have pride in themselves for defending a

The Vietnam War was a prolong struggle of communist faction forcing unification of north and South Vietnam. To prevent the spread of communism the United States allied with the South Vietnamese to fight back against the communist faction. The Vietnam War span over 18 years it was apparent that there was no way in winning the war. The U.S leaders lost the support of the American people in fighting a war we can’t win. The U.S leaders thought up and created an elite peace keeping force called the Green Berets. The Green Berets gained a lot of attention to the media through books, music, and movies. A compilation of short stories of the Vietnam War by Tim O’Brien is one of those books. In Tim O’Brien book

Explore the ways in which Stephen Crane presents armies, as bodies of men stationary, moving and fighting. Judging by his description of armies, do you think this is an anti-war novel?

“Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong” by Tim O’Brien and “Here, Bullet” by Brian Turner share striking similarities in their content. Although O’Brien’s story is extensive and Turner’s poem is quite short, the two works share a similar tone and message. The overall shared message is that of resignation to the inevitable, whether that is giving oneself to a bullet or to Vietnam itself; and the adrenaline rush that goes along with this resignation.

“Home, home again. I like to be here when I can. When I come home cold and tired. It 's good to warm my bones beside the fire. Far away, across the field. The tolling of the iron bell. Calls the faithful to their knees. To hear the softly spoken magic spell.” (Pink) The mention of home in this song does not relate to where you live however the place that you must accept. After the months or years a soldier fought in the war instead of being fearful of death, they welcomed it. “Indeed, Vietnam, where 648,500 draftees were sent to fight and 17,725 died in combat, exposed the pitfalls of fighting an unpopular war with conscripted soldiers. There also was growing concern about the fairness of a system that resulted in a disproportionate number of poor Americans being drafted.For instance, in 1970 the Army alone had more than 65,000 deserters, just one sign of a military reaching the breaking point.” (Lee 714). By accepting their faith, many of the soldiers never returned home and those who did were traumatized by the war that it lead their lives were led to drugs and unhappiness. In every aspect the Vietnam Veterans were the “loser”. They were regarded as loser because no one supported them, were not classify as heroes, not welcome back, turn to a life of drugs, and experience PTSD. With none of the soldiers wanting to fight, there was nothing that would give them the encouragement to continue.

The song Anti-Vietnam War Song Woodstock tells how America needs more soldiers to fight a war that's nowhere near American soil for a reason that is not well known to the american soldier. Country Joe is basically saying that the soldiers do not know what they are fighting for and frankly don't give a damn, all they know is that they have been drafted for a war they do not approve of. Many people of this time made protest songs against the war and some of the songs leave more to the imagination than other songs such as the Anti-Vietnam War song.

The Red Badge of Courage Book Analysis 1. The title of the novel is The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane. It is a fictional historic war novel. 2. The Red Badge of Courage is set during the Civil War.

Military life is a life of pride an honor. Individuals join the military for a number of reasons. The military is often a career opportunity for some people. A strong feeling of patriotism and a sense of duty to country is often motivation to be a member of the military. Some young people use the military as an escape from a less desirable home life and search for adventure. {{In your introduction, include a brief summary, with the title and the author, and a thesis which address the prompt directly. Answer the question in the last sentence of your introduction.}}

Marvin Gaye was affected by the Vietnam War because his brother was in the war and heard what was going on over there and witnessing the protests in America. So he made a protest album about the war that Berry Gordy did not want him to put out but he did any was and it was successful. This showcases that the 70's music reflected political movements of the time with the protest

“War”, Edwin Starr: The purpose of this song was, to talk about how the Vietnam War was absolutely bad for America because all it did was bring bad things to America. Also by saying that there is always a better way to solve a conflict, instead of always war. Leading to many mens deaths. He is also saying that war solves absolutely nothing in the world. Wars do nothing but propagate the problem that caused it. The problem doesn’t go away, it simply transforms into a new problem. War cannot bring life, but only death. Star th hates war because it only brings pain and suffering to those involved and the families of dead soldiers. While listening to this song, I could see how Edwin Starr felt the mothers pain during the War, because they had