What challenges does Jack Smith face as a soldier in Vietnam? (a bulleted list is fine)
-Jack Smith faces the challenge of being traumatized from the intensity of war and battles .
-Jack Smith faces the challenge of having to watch his friends die next to him.
-Jack Smith faces the challenge of intense and exhausting climates.
-Jack Smith faces the challenge of not knowing when he will be ambushed at any given moment and possibly even killed.
How does Smith’s attitude toward war change?
-He goes from being terrified and scared to just glad that he's alive.
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:
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What is the song asking the “big strong men to do”?
-Fight for the army.
… the “generals” to do?
-Come and help us get the communists, this is your big chance, the only way we'll win is if we blow them all up.
… “Wall Street” to do?
-Make money for the war effort and help supply the army.
… “mothers” to do?
-Send your sons off to Vietnam to die.
Write down four specific lines from the song that display sarcasm, cynicism, or anti-war sentiment.
And it's one, two, three,What are we fighting for?
Don't ask me, I don't give a damn,
Next stop is Vietnam;
-This is a display of sarcasm.
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