Vietnam War Visual Analysis

In text 1, the negative effect of war on children is demonstrated throughout a variety of visual techniques. This image was taken during the Vietnam War fought between South and North Vietnam from the years of 1955 to 1975. This figure represents the children’s lifestyles throughout this time and in what way they were influenced and raised within this period of time. The composer wants the viewers to recognise how symbolism and colour can immensely affect how the image is portrayed. The symbolism and colour work side by side in assisting with the display of the context. The black and white colour of the image supports symbolism through exhibiting that the image was acquired in an older generation and was not taken in present time. This photograph

Major damage was done to the country itself beginning when the U.S dropped deadly bombs in Vietnam destroying massive amount of infrastructure in Vietnam. Whilst looking over and analysing text 1 I have come to appreciate the country I live in, due to the fact we haven’t had to witness such terrible tragedy firsthand, in our very own nation. My appreciation of our safe country developed as a result of the image cause by the visual analysis in text 1. During the Vietnam War, children were influenced massively by the war that played a major role in their childhood and upbringing. The soldiers would have been seen as role models towards these young boys with evidence of the guns and cigars alongside their facial expressions, which displays a look of confidence. This can have a long lasting effect on the children in the future because they were raised in such a traumatic and violent state. Learning about the experiences and tragedies suffered by the children throughout the Vietnam War has confronted me by how influential yet damaging the war can be to young children, especially when it lasts almost over their complete childhood. Whilst children are still developing, they look around at the people who surround them to grow and pick up advice, therefore when war is their

Taken during the Vietnam War, the text represents how much pain and fear the civilians had to go through during this time. This is evident during the composer’s representation of symbolism and colour working together to display the age of this image based on the black and white colour. Symbolism is also used in the clothing of the civilians, the clothing looks worn out and old exhibiting the shortage of materials and equipment needed to produce everyday items due to the damage of the war. The composer’s intention is to let the viewers understand the extremes that civilians had to go to in order to ensure safety and survival for their family and themselves to promote the value of family and security for your family. Furthermore, the idea of the pain and fear faced by civilians is amplified through the composer’s use of body language. This is apparent through the composer’s representation of the crouching women and children hiding in a small bed of water. This shows the lengths that civilians will go to in order to ensure the safety and survival of their children and themselves. In text 2, the composer’s intention for the observers is to understand the risks taken to hopefully guarantee the survival of their loved ones. Conclusively, the idea of fear and destruction faced by civilian’s positions the