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War is not a new phenomenon. We have experienced war for decades, actually centuries. War is violent, emotional and hit with many people, also many years after - Soldiers, family, friends and people far out in the future. In the movie “Apocalypse Now” from 1979 we see the soldiers' position in the Vietnam War.
During the war between Vietnam and the United States, there have been many brutal and terrible assaults. The assaults have been committed against both Vietnamese and American soldiers as well as Vietnamese citizens. In the opening scene in “Apocalypse Now” the film shows the soldiers' reaction of the war, and how the war affects him. He says, “When I was there, I wanted to be there. When I was there, I wanted to be here”. It is with mixed feelings when you participate in war. It’s a big responsibility when you have a lot of power in a society. In the monologue at the end of the film, we see that Kurtz’ is a big powerful man. He can’t live with what he has done, and the accomplices mean the same, so they wanted to kill him. Kurtz is very powerful, and he has to decide all the decisions, but he doesn’t want to decide it by himself. He has set himself up as a supernatural man so they do what he says. …show more content…

Kennedy speech about Vietnam, 1956 he believes that its USA duty to take part in the war. In his speech he made the famous statement “Ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country”, the speech inspired a lot of young men to fight for their country in Vietnam. In spite of Kennedy’s speech, the US government has avoided being responsible for their crimes that happened in Vietnam, although they have had major credibility issues later on. There are, therefore, more views on the war and its

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