What challenges does Jack Smith face as a soldier in Vietnam? (a bulleted list is fine)
- Not being ambushed
- Everyone in his group was green
- remembering to duck when he heard bullets
- dealing with seeing all of the bodies
- snipers
How does Smith’s attitude toward war change?
After the war he realizes that people make mistakes and there is nothing you can do about it. People go in combat to protect their buddies. Also he realizes that the most amazing thing is that humans can function with bullets and shrapnel around them.
| I Feel Like I’m Fixing To Die Rag by Joe McDonald | 2 pages - complete by Wednesday May 23 |
This song by Country Joe and the Fish became one of the first protest songs of the Vietnam Era. Read the lyrics to the song, and then respond to the following:
What is the song asking the “big strong men to do”?
He wants the men to fight
… the “generals” to do?
He wants generals to kill the communists
… “Wall Street” to do?
He wants Wall Street to do well so there is lots of money to help the war.
… “mothers” to do?
Send their children to Vietnam.
Write down four specific lines from the song that display sarcasm, cynicism, or anti-war sentiment.
So put down your books and pick up your gun we're all gonna have alot of fun.
What are we fighting for? Don't ask me I don't give a damn.
There ain't no time to wonder why. Whoopee!! We're all gonna die.
Be the first one on the block to have your boy come home in a box.
What are
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