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 The movie represents the end of the 80s as a time when people were becoming more and more fed up with wars that the people felt had little to do with them or the way the government supported and promoted conflict within communist countries.  The way that the young boys are told about the dangers of communism can be comparted to the way Reagan pushed against communism during the 80s. The portrayal of African Americans in the film also says a lot about the age the movie was made in as they are given only a few lines about how little rights they have, yet are still expected to go fight. However, after this line, they are really not present for most of the movie in any major way. –Sky Horne
-The film does a remarkable job of portraying the ugliness of war and the aftermath it has on the soldiers. This contrasted with the initial beliefs and sentiments Ron has towards the war only goes to show how fighting in a war can change your perception. It is a good primary source of its time since it captures the challenges vets went through during the war, afterwards, and dealing with society’s treatment.- Johana Colchado
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 In //The Things They Carried//, O'Brien mentions that soldiers had to attack and burn villages without ever knowing what the purpose was, which became an endless cycle. The film shows this aspect of soldiers' involvement in Vietnam. Kovic and his comrades are sent into a village thinking that enemy soldiers are present, but civilians get caught up in the fight instead. -Maddie Shiflett
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 The focus on this movie as being after the war rather than during the war is important. In a similar fashion to the “Best Years of Our Lives”, the focus is on reintegrating to society, but in a much more visceral manner. The scene at the veterans hospital in particular is incredibly moving, and the continued portrayal of PTSD throughout the movie as something that could happen at any time and be triggered by anything helps the audience start to understand what life was for returning veterans. –Sky Horne
-Ron Kovic lost out on a huge part of his life fighting in a war that was ultimately lost, and by the end of the movie he didn't even know what he had been fighting over there for. When he comes back home he's expecting to be treated the way veterans of other wars had been treated, only to either be spit on or ignored. Oliver Stone being roughly the same age as Kovic and having also fought and been wounded in Vietnam probably had an effect on his portrayal of pointless carnage in this movie and of war as being an ugly and anti-romantic thing. - Sam Hartz