Posted by alexandra_k on November 3, 2005, at 4:34:20
In reply to poetry of WWI, posted by alexandra_k on November 3, 2005, at 4:26:10
And of course there is Vietnam. Anybody read any... Lets see if I can remember... "Tim O'Brien"?
This is standard stuff...
Standard stuff that we learn in school.
About the brutal realities of war.Do you guys study this?
What the people in vietnam have to say in their poetry and literature?I read "the things they carried" (the last link should take you there). I should really read some of his other stuff. I really liked that one - I don't know that I can say I enjoyed it. But it is very powerful. Some stories from when he was there... Some stories about when they came back home... About trying to adjust back to their daily lives.
About the conflict between being a 'hero'
And knowledge of some of the atrocities that are permitted in a state of war...And rape...
Anybody hear about that?
Because thats what tends to happen...
The military invade and then you have a new generation...
The product of rape.That happened in India with... The british forces? Australian? Something like that. I met someone who was studying that... Studying how prevalent etc it was. I think... Thats how she was born. Because things like that... Well... They seem to be permitted in time of war.
Because all the rules change
All the social norms
All hell breaks loose...
I guess.
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