Napalm

Through O’Brien’s description of the Vietnamese monks, he highlights the absurdity of the effect of war on the Vietnamese people. Americans find themselves often forgetting the effect of their presence in foreign countries. The Vietnamese people and their needs were affected indefinitely by the Vietnam War. What is also underestimated is how much of an emotional toll the Vietnam War took on the average citizen. Vietnam has a very rich history that often goes unnoticed and unaccounted for, this

Media also played a negative effect in this war. The Napalm video was also a negative because when the United States dropped the napalm in the villages, many children and women came out crying and in shock because they had 3rd degrees burns all over their bodies. Another incident when innocent people were hurt was the My Lai video. This video

In the essay, “Poetry is not a Luxury,” Audre Lorde describes poetry as “a vital necessity of our existence” that “forms the quality of the light within which we predicate our hopes and dreams toward survival and change.” According to Lorde, poetry allows writers, specifically Black women, to realize and express their dreams, giving them “the strength and courage to see, to feel, to speak, and to dare.” Although Lorde's impetus towards poetry is focused on Black women, her rejection of male European

The Wars No One Will Ever Forget The most important part of movies is the entertainment aspect, because at the end of the day the movie industry is a business. So when it comes to movies about war and history, not many people want to see the horrific events being displayed on the news or read about them from an old text book. Simply because we are in a post- literate era and the news isn’t about getting the information to the people anymore, politics have taken over. We are in a time where most

Napalm was also another mistake. By using a flammable jelly to literally burn up all of North Vietnam, the U.S. not only killed more civilians than soldiers, but also raised several ethical questions. Napalm coated anything it came within reach of, and burned continuously for up to a week. Doctors who treated napalm victims said their wounds would still glow green with heat at night, while the patients writhed

The Vietnam War was the war known as the Second Indochina War,began in 1954 and ended in 1975. It is the longest misunderstood conflict in the United States.The Vietnam War remains to us to be one of the most memorable and enduring conflicts in history in which the U.S. involvement has played a huge role. This war was one of the important events for Americans. It got influences to the United States because many citizens drafted the army and they died. Vietnam war was between the North Vietnam and

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innocents American and Vietnamese people are dying, however, captain Kilgore love the war in Vietnam. When Willard and Captain Kilgore are having conversation Kilgore says, "Do you smell that? Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world smells like that. I love the smell of napalm in the morning... Smelled like victory. Someday this war's gonna end”(Coppola). This shows that he love violence and brutality, he is enjoying the war, where millions of people are dying. This shows savagery

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