Springsteen In Vietnam War
When something ongoing function smoothly, people tend to support it a lot. Furthermore when vice versa happens, people typically don't show a lot of support. The United States had won both World Wars, with that said, most Americans supported both those Wars. Vietnam emulates the complete opposite, a pointless family more crowded in controversy and fought thousands of miles away. It had all the makings to become the most unpopular American war ever. Since Vietnam did not go well at all for the US Military many people did not support the war and its soldiers. The use of Agent Orange on top of the My Lai massacre gave U.S. citizens all the ammunition they needed to wage a war to protest the actual war. Springsteen did not like how soldiers and Veterans were being
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Furthermore, the repercussions of Vietnam led the soldier into a bad place. At this point in time, he has not received any help to get his life back on track. For “ten years burning” (line 27) the soldier has had trouble. He has “nowhere to run” because his past still looms above his head. Still living a rough life because of Vietnam, Springsteen used the “burning road” (line 27) metaphor to illustrate the Veteran’s rough past. Springsteen then uses “nowhere to run” to exemplify that the Soldier has not gotten his life back on track. Vietnam ruined a lot Soldiers, even the one who didn’t suffer wounds from combat. Most Veterans could not find work and struggled to replicate the lives they lived before their services. At the very end of the song, Springsteen contrast life as a Veteran shortly after the war and many years down the road. The Soldier felt like a “long gone daddy” (line 32) in society in the immediate years following the war, because society made it out as if you had served in the War you should shame yourself. Although as society changed so did his feelings. He now feels like a “cool rocking daddy” (line 35) because
Furthermore, the repercussions of Vietnam led the soldier into a bad place. At this point in time, he has not received any help to get his life back on track. For “ten years burning” (line 27) the soldier has had trouble. He has “nowhere to run” because his past still looms above his head. Still living a rough life because of Vietnam, Springsteen used the “burning road” (line 27) metaphor to illustrate the Veteran’s rough past. Springsteen then uses “nowhere to run” to exemplify that the Soldier has not gotten his life back on track. Vietnam ruined a lot Soldiers, even the one who didn’t suffer wounds from combat. Most Veterans could not find work and struggled to replicate the lives they lived before their services. At the very end of the song, Springsteen contrast life as a Veteran shortly after the war and many years down the road. The Soldier felt like a “long gone daddy” (line 32) in society in the immediate years following the war, because society made it out as if you had served in the War you should shame yourself. Although as society changed so did his feelings. He now feels like a “cool rocking daddy” (line 35) because