Creative Writing: The Vietnam War
Wood Grouse on a High Promontory Overlooking Canada
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Is it possible for a war to change your personality for the rest of your life? People do lots of bad things, but killing other human beings is probably the worst. Coming home from war can be a hard thing for even the bravest and strongest man, it leaves you with all kind of fears, many soldiers don't even know that they have killed people, because their mind won't accept the fact that they have done these terrible thing. This may lead to depressions and thoughts about suicide. Many returned soldiers get Shell Chock, and start losing their faith in life.
Like all other wars, the Vietnam War was terrible to; soldiers were ordered to shoot entire families. They experienced things that …show more content…
He's still trying to be tough; the fighting, his dream etc. he is still very young and hasn't experienced the bad side of life so it's hard for him to imagine all the things his brother might have seen or done.
I just think he's an ordinary teenage boy that likes to dream about some action.
Gary's aged isn't mentioned, but my guess would be in the early twenties, because we know he has been fighting in Vietnam. I think the war has changes him a lot. Gary have probably always been a role model for Bud, and I think they did a lot together before he went to war, and maybe even all those things that Bud still do, like throwing rocks and fighting. But Gary have seen some horrible things, that has touched him deep in to his heart. He is reserved and won't tell Bud about Vietnam, even though Bud seems very interested.
(L. 5-7)
"That day Gary wouldn't talk about the war he'd only just come back from."You don't want to know," he said to me. "Take my word for it, Bud." So after a while I didn't ask anymore. But I could see Gary had seen things I
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Is it possible for a war to change your personality for the rest of your life? People do lots of bad things, but killing other human beings is probably the worst. Coming home from war can be a hard thing for even the bravest and strongest man, it leaves you with all kind of fears, many soldiers don't even know that they have killed people, because their mind won't accept the fact that they have done these terrible thing. This may lead to depressions and thoughts about suicide. Many returned soldiers get Shell Chock, and start losing their faith in life.
Like all other wars, the Vietnam War was terrible to; soldiers were ordered to shoot entire families. They experienced things that …show more content…
He's still trying to be tough; the fighting, his dream etc. he is still very young and hasn't experienced the bad side of life so it's hard for him to imagine all the things his brother might have seen or done.
I just think he's an ordinary teenage boy that likes to dream about some action.
Gary's aged isn't mentioned, but my guess would be in the early twenties, because we know he has been fighting in Vietnam. I think the war has changes him a lot. Gary have probably always been a role model for Bud, and I think they did a lot together before he went to war, and maybe even all those things that Bud still do, like throwing rocks and fighting. But Gary have seen some horrible things, that has touched him deep in to his heart. He is reserved and won't tell Bud about Vietnam, even though Bud seems very interested.
(L. 5-7)
"That day Gary wouldn't talk about the war he'd only just come back from."You don't want to know," he said to me. "Take my word for it, Bud." So after a while I didn't ask anymore. But I could see Gary had seen things I