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A 6 page paper which examines whether certain characters, in particular written works, represent the powerlessness of individuals or the agency of individuals in the Vietnam War. The works discussed are Tim O’Brien’s “The Things They Carried,” Michael Bilton and Kevin Sim’s “Four Hours in My Lai,” and Le Ly Hayslip’s “When Heaven and Earth Changed Places.” No additional source cited.
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of individuals in history-that is, the amount of power they have over the course of their own lives. In a time of war, especially, it is often said that
people lose their individual agency, becoming swept up in the movement of larger forces (the government, military, etc.)." It is perhaps easy to see both sides of this as
people often have little or no power in times of war, yet at the same time do have some level of power within themselves in terms of how they go
about engaging in what has to be done. The following paper examines three different works concerning the Vietnam War and argues that the individuals were possessed of agency despite living
in a time of great powerlessness. The works discussed are Tim OBriens "The Things They Carried," Michael Bilton and Kevin Sims "Four Hours in My Lai," and Le Ly Hayslips
"When Heaven and Earth Changed Places." The Things They Carried "The Things They Carried" is a work based on experiences and thoughts that OBrien had in relationship
to the Vietnam War. For the most part the facts are blurred and the work is fictional, but OBrien did serve in the war and thus bases his work on
reality in many ways. In this work there are many young men in the war, men that are clinging to whatever they can in the devastating time as they witness
horrific events. In this work the reader is presented with how individuals will often become numb to things they would have otherwise thought horrific or immoral. They have a
responsibility to do as they are told, being that they are soldiers, but the manner in which they engage in that activity is up to them, it is their own
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