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Essay / Research Paper Abstract
A 13 page paper which examines how Vietnam is
often presented as a war, and not as a unique and wondrous country filled with beauty and
a cultural heritage. Vietnam’s representation in film is discussed. Bibliography lists 13
sources.
Page Count:
13 pages (~225 words per page)
File: JR7_RAvietn.rtf
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understand, or forget. Films often depict a Vietnam that is only an aspect of a war, not a Vietnam that is a unique and intriguing country with strong cultures and
morals and ideals, just like any other nation. The films discussed in this paper, as they relate to the topic at hand, are Apocalypse Now," "Good Morning, Vietnam," "Platoon,"
"Hamburger Hill," "The Deer Hunter," "Casualties of War," and "Heaven and Earth." Each film is examined as its content illustrates Vietnam as a war and not as a country. The
exceptions are "Casualties of War," which presents, through an Americans eyes, a country and a people that are something aside from war, and "Heaven and Earth" which is a film
based on a book, or memoir, written by a Vietnamese woman who married an American, thus providing us with a look at the Vietnamese perspective. However, despite their exceptions, even
these films do nothing to inform people about what Vietnam is and what the Vietnamese people are like in their own unique culture. The paper finished with an argument
that insists it is time we stop looking at Vietnam as a war and start looking at it as a country, a country with history, culture, art, and many other
elements that make it worth noticing. It is time to let the Vietnam War become a part of history and start looking at Vietnam for what it is, not what
it was or what it represented. Introduction "No American conflict in the 20th century so tore this nation apart, so scarred its social psyche, so embedded itself in
its collective memory and so altered the public view of institutions, government, the military and the media. More than 750 novels, 250 films, a hundred short-story collections, and 1,400 personal
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