| Three men from different walks of life; Snake, Goodrich, and Hodges all wind up in the same platoon in Vietnam. Snake is the most experienced soldier, Hodges is the Platoon Commander, and Goodrich is the Harvard student who doesn't fit in. Their unit moves through Vietnam, fighting the NVA & VC multiple times. All are wounded, and the platoon changes continuously as their friends die around them. They struggle with incompetent leaders who order them multiple times to do things that endanger their lives for little gain, until one final order puts them all in a large battle. | ||
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Plot & Themes Tone of story - depressing/sad Time/era of story: War Thriller Yes Armed Forces: - Marines Specific to - Vietnam Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book descript. of violence and chases - 50 % Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 10 % Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30 % How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 10 % Main Character Gender - Male Profession/status: Age: - 20's-30's Ethnicity/Race Main Adversary Identity: - an organization Age: - 20's-30's The antagonists are: - communists Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters Setting Asia/Pacific Yes Asian country: - Southeast Asia Writing Style Accounts of torture and death? - very gorey references to deaths/dead bodies and torture Explicit sex in book? Yes What kind of sex: - descript of kissing - actual description of sex Unusual forms of death - exploded into bits Unusual form of death? Yes Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog |
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