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The movie accurately depicted the way wounded veterans' hospital conditions were deplorable. The country was spending vast amounts of money and attention to rid the world of communism that it turned a blind eye and expended no money to the medical care of the wounded vets. It took many years and lots of people to complain for veterans to get better medical care when they returned home. Although conditions are better, many VA hospitals could use more funding to aid the recovery of wounded vets. Another issue with what vets faced in returning home was the way in which they had to find a place to fit in to their home that no longer was home. Because of the experiences the went through with just trying to survive, the person they were after coming come was no longer the person who left to fight in the war. The became a very difficult situation for both the vet and the family. They both needed to learn how to live with each other again. The movie portrayed the difficulty Ron had trying to fit into his family again, and the person he had the hardest time with was his mother. I think the problem came from his mother refusing to communicate about how the war changed her son and they never shared their feelings or experiences. This was a shame. Things could have been much easier if they were used to communicating.-Debbie M. | The movie accurately depicted the way wounded veterans' hospital conditions were deplorable. The country was spending vast amounts of money and attention to rid the world of communism that it turned a blind eye and expended no money to the medical care of the wounded vets. It took many years and lots of people to complain for veterans to get better medical care when they returned home. Although conditions are better, many VA hospitals could use more funding to aid the recovery of wounded vets. Another issue with what vets faced in returning home was the way in which they had to find a place to fit in to their home that no longer was home. Because of the experiences the went through with just trying to survive, the person they were after coming come was no longer the person who left to fight in the war. The became a very difficult situation for both the vet and the family. They both needed to learn how to live with each other again. The movie portrayed the difficulty Ron had trying to fit into his family again, and the person he had the hardest time with was his mother. I think the problem came from his mother refusing to communicate about how the war changed her son and they never shared their feelings or experiences. This was a shame. Things could have been much easier if they were used to communicating.-Debbie M. | ||
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| + | I agree with Debbie M. In a film filled with violence and gore, the scenes that shocked me the most were those in the veterans' hospital. The fact that these men went through the horrors of battle, getting seriously wounded or paralyzed, and had to "recuperate" in those conditions is enraging. Those scenes were just as traumatizing for me as the battle scenes. The way that some of the nurses treated them was so frustrating - non-chalance bordering on apathy. I wanted to smack the nurse that told Ron to stick Vietnam up his ass - WHO SAYS THAT TO A PARALYZED VETERAN? I think Stone did a great job showing the frustration of veterans dealing with anti-war sentiment - people taking out their anger about the war on the soldiers themselves had no idea what those men had been through. I also really liked the idealism that Stone infused into Ron's pre-war life. Everything was so idyllic and optimistic - fireworks, parades, baseball! I think it really captured the post-WWII golden days. Every now and then there would be a sad moment that stuck out, like the wounded veterans in the parade wincing at the noise of the firecrackers. Ron also said during the scene at the diner with his friends, "Our dads got to have WWII", which shows the eager mindset that a lot of young men probably had at that time. They saw Vietnam as their chance to fight for a noble cause. Ron also said, "I wanna go to Vietnam. And I'll die if I have to." That just bummed me out so much, because I'm sure so many guys thought the same thing, and probably did die. - Celia | ||
Dr. McClurken said there was less cohesiveness as a unit among soldiers in Vietnam than among soldiers in World War II. This is illustrated in the movie when Ron tells Wilson's parents that no one talked to new guys much. That isn't to say there wasn't camaraderie, but many men would rather see a "stranger" than a friend be suddenly killed (like Lavender in "The Things They Carried"). --- Debbi S. | Dr. McClurken said there was less cohesiveness as a unit among soldiers in Vietnam than among soldiers in World War II. This is illustrated in the movie when Ron tells Wilson's parents that no one talked to new guys much. That isn't to say there wasn't camaraderie, but many men would rather see a "stranger" than a friend be suddenly killed (like Lavender in "The Things They Carried"). --- Debbi S. | ||
