What Is The Theme Of A Hero In Everyone By Dang Thuy
A Hero in Everyone A completely different view on the Vietnam war, a diary of a young Vietnamese doctor who worked as a battleground war surgeon for North Vietnam side during the Vietnam War. In the book, Dang Thuy Tram demonstrates many themes that make her successfully overcomes many obstacles that could prevent her from fulfilling the role of a revolutionary heroine such as inspiration, love, war, youth, among others, but three recurring themes that stand out are self-sacrifice, determination and grief. First being part of any war you have to sacrifice many things. In the beginning of her entries she states, “So many have volunteered to sacrifice their whole lives for two words: independence and Liberty. I, too, have sacrificed my
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As a war doctor she encountered many deaths throughout the time she served and it is only normal that it can have an effect on her. However she tries her best to put away those feelings and emotions to “perform” at her full potential without distractions. Even though it might be hard to do so at times, she states, “After reading it, I feel extremely sad. A few hours later, I calmly returned to work unperturbed, as if nothing happened. Oh Thuy! Has your heart become dry, drained of emotions?” (Last Night I Dreamed of Peace, 78). Working in a clinic during the war is tough when you encounter many deaths and fail to safe some people. The encounter with Bon the soldier whom she treated for a severe shoulder wound. After successfully curing him, days later he is brought back to her clinic, this time his leg destroyed by a mine. “He lies motionless and silent, without a single moan.”(Last Night I Dreamed of Peace, 82) she writes. Tram tries everything but then he later dies having an immense impact on her, she states, “No! Don’t die! You will live forever in my heart.”(Last Night I Dreamed of Peace, 82). War is always a sadistic game of life or death, with a brutality that can never be fully understood by those who don’t experience it. Tram’s writing lacks much description. She writes mostly in a fact style. Most probably because it too hard for her to put in so much effort in remembering the bad situations that she encounters every day, “My pen cannot describe all, even though this one case I feel with all my senses and emotions.”(Last Night I Dreamed of Peace,
As a war doctor she encountered many deaths throughout the time she served and it is only normal that it can have an effect on her. However she tries her best to put away those feelings and emotions to “perform” at her full potential without distractions. Even though it might be hard to do so at times, she states, “After reading it, I feel extremely sad. A few hours later, I calmly returned to work unperturbed, as if nothing happened. Oh Thuy! Has your heart become dry, drained of emotions?” (Last Night I Dreamed of Peace, 78). Working in a clinic during the war is tough when you encounter many deaths and fail to safe some people. The encounter with Bon the soldier whom she treated for a severe shoulder wound. After successfully curing him, days later he is brought back to her clinic, this time his leg destroyed by a mine. “He lies motionless and silent, without a single moan.”(Last Night I Dreamed of Peace, 82) she writes. Tram tries everything but then he later dies having an immense impact on her, she states, “No! Don’t die! You will live forever in my heart.”(Last Night I Dreamed of Peace, 82). War is always a sadistic game of life or death, with a brutality that can never be fully understood by those who don’t experience it. Tram’s writing lacks much description. She writes mostly in a fact style. Most probably because it too hard for her to put in so much effort in remembering the bad situations that she encounters every day, “My pen cannot describe all, even though this one case I feel with all my senses and emotions.”(Last Night I Dreamed of Peace,