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 Caputo's Rumor of War is a war story and that is all. As it says in the first line, it wishes to take no political position. It seems that the movie however, might be taking a political side. It shows the harassment of some veterans by the Nixon supporters and Kovic speaking for the Democratic National Convention. I understand these things actually happened but the director could have left them out to focus on the war and its impact on veterans.  --- //[[nfanning@umw.edu|Fanning Neal R.]] 2016/11/30 10:00//
-The chapter from //The Things They Carried// relates a great deal to the movie, although the book is more direct about it, naming off what the items were and how much they weighed. The chapter also mentions the mental and emotional burdens and the sacrifices -- the mental and emotional things they dropped -- that they endured throughout the war. We see this more visually than explicitly in the movie, **especially as veterans interacted with one another. They shared the pain, the emotional distress, the almost-bragging-almost-confessing when they discuss who they killed or how much death they saw.** //The Things They Carried// is a work of fiction, but it's one of the most powerful and influential stories about the war, so relating it to the movie gives us another layer of how it has been represented in media as opposed to real-life experiences.
+The chapter from //The Things They Carried// relates a great deal to the movie, although the book is more direct about it, naming off what the items were and how much they weighed. The chapter also mentions the mental and emotional burdens and the sacrifices -- the mental and emotional things they dropped -- that they endured throughout the war. We see this more visually than explicitly in the movie, **especially as veterans interacted with one another. They shared the pain, the emotional distress, the almost-bragging-almost-confessing when they discuss who they killed or how much death they saw.** //The Things They Carried// is a work of fiction, but it's one of the most powerful and influential stories about the war, so relating it to the movie gives us another layer of how it has been represented in media as opposed to real-life experiences.  --- //[[lmccuist@umw.edu|Lindsey McCuistion]] 2016/11/30 12:38//
 //The Things they Carried// describes the physical, mental, and emotional weights and sacrifices of the Vietnam War. While the soldiers have varying talismans that keep them grounded, they are also weighed down by the memories of killing the enemy soldier as well as of their comrades being killed. **Take these memories, add a sense of hopelessness from the war dragging on without definitive signs of victory or defeat, and a sprinkle of anxiety for a sudden enemy attack or mine blowing up, and you have the perfect recipe for future PTSD. This reading compliments the film's portrayal of soldier distress and the hidden emotional and mental tolls of war.**  --- //[[nmilroy@umw.edu|Milroy, Nancy E.]] 2016/12/01 05:49//