Wednesday, May 23, 2007

Times of Change – Vietnam and the 60s readings day 3

Farmer Nguyen, Massacre at My Lai, A Nun at Ninh Hoa:

What do these two poems and the article say about the impact of the war on the native Vietnamese? Can you think of any other ways in which the war will impact the native Vietnamese? These 3 readings show how the war hurt the Vietnamese civilians. The peom "Farmer Nguyen shows how civilians were forced to take sides, and the that the civilians didn't help hurt them. The Massacre shows how cruel soldiers were to innocent people who hadn't done a thing. The last poem shows what people in Vietnam did to themselves in anger at the war. Other ways the war impacted the natives of Vietnam was the destruction of the land. Because of all the bombs and guns, many parts of Vietnam were probably destroyed. Villages were probably destroyed also.

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