Apocalypse Now: metaphor for the Vietnam War
Apocalypse Now can be seen as a metaphor for the Vietnam War Era. It can be seen as a metaphor due to many factors. One factor is that the movie shows how the Vietnam War Era had a horrific impact on the way men thought. Second, it shows how men forgot about why the were fighting in Vietnam. Lastly, it shows how one man’s involvement in the Vietnam War changed the way he lead his life in Vietnam. The Vietnam War Era had a horrific impact on the way men thought. One of the most disturbing incidences of how men changed the way they thought in the Vietnam War was the MyLai Massacre. The men that were involved in massacre believed that all Vietnamese were the enemy. The platoon involved in the massacre had lost a lot of men from their platoon earlier in the week. When they had the opportunity to get even with the Vietnamese they did so by destroying every living thing in the village. The impact on the war had a similar effect on the character Lt. Col. Kilgore. The surfing lover Kilgore attacked a village in the hopes that his troops would be ably to surf. Many of his troops, knowing that the attack on the village would be dangerous,
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Approximate Word count = 772
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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