Most recent public comments by Samara Tu https://nowcomment.com/users/16321 https://nowcomment.com/documents/36342?scroll_to=385224 https://nowcomment.com/documents/36342?scroll_to=385224 Because war is often glorified or romanticized through the media, I think that we’re conditioned to not think about the consequences of war or that the story may not simply be a true good guy versus bad guy narrative. In Nguyen’s reading of “Close Quarters,” he’s appalled by the young American soldier’s actions and his willingness to take a life for sex. In typical war story fashion, Americans were the saviors, or the good guys really. An American who embodied that image for Nguyen, but was actually a horrible person, upset Nguyen’s expectations, especially as he was probably conditioned to side with the Americans and become a “grateful refugee.” I think in this paragraph, Nguyen may have had a conflict with his identity. He’s an American, but his family is Vietnamese. Who would he side with? That’s a lot to take in as a 12 year old. Mon, 12 Oct 2015 23:05:12 -0400