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Vietnam Twen Huong Analysis

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Huong also bounces back and forth between the beauty of Vietnam and the destruction of it. Much of Vietnam is jungle and the dangers and beauty of it are abound. In untouched areas from carpet bombing great thick forest is all around. This provides great cover but many soldiers are lost to it and actually get lost in the forest never to be heard from again. The climate makes dehydration and the constant search for clean drinking water endless. Dangerous wildlife lurks in the shadows and in the story a soldier is lost to a tiger attack while sleeping. A brief lapse in constant war awareness can cost someone’s life. Huong describes beautiful forestry depictions on one side of a hill and a flattened cratered charred side of another. By doing this

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