Forrest Gump Full Metal Jacket Analysis

The number of dead in Vietnam was 58,000 and wounded is estimated to be around 300,000. Countless Vietnam veterans were psychologically scared, while other was embittered by poor treatment the public gave them when they came home. Regardless, whether the war was right or wrong, we should support our troops. After reading The Things They Carried and watching Forrest Gump, Full Metal Jacket, my perspective has changed considerably about the Vietnam War.
My perspective about Vietnam has changed and even though the war was questionable, people who dodged the draft and fled to Canada should be treated like the criminals they are. The soldiers that served should be treated like heroes. Those soldiers put their life on the line to protect a country
Traitor! They yelled. Pussy! I felt myself blush. I couldn’t tolerate it. (On the Rainy River.Pg.59). That’s what they’re going to remember when they start their new life in Canada. However, most of them change in that moment they remember their country and how strong and brave their country is and at that occasions they say I would go to the war-I would kill. (On the Rainy Day River.Pg.59). Those who remember their country and what their country is at a time like that are a true patriotism. Those are the people you want on the battlefield, they won’t let you down.
The Vietnam War truly didn’t make sense to most of the soldiers, but they still had hope in their country they believe in their country. They know that their country is leading them the right way. The real people who should be punished are those who dodge the draft. They are cowards. They should be the one who gets boo because they didn’t believe in their country; they didn’t have the true patriotism. The worst thing is the American people or the Hippies; they didn’t see the struggle the soldiers had to go to, most of