M*A*S*H was a TV series that depicted a Mobile Army Surgical Hospital in South Korea during the Korean War along with the drama that unfolded between the doctors and their patients. M*A*S*H started airing on September 17, 1972, and ended February 28, 1983. M*A*S*H had 256 episodes and can be viewed on certain television networks all the time. It affected the American view of the war and the people who were fighting in it, while also reworking the American ideals of war. With its memorable people and humor it stayed in the minds of the American people for generations. M*A*S*H had a line up of characters that brought different kinds of humor to the show, Hawkeye pierce is the main character and appears in all 256 episodes, he is a prankster, a womanizer, drinks a lot, and brings light humor to the show. Trapper John was hawkeyes right hand man and stated with him the entire series, he was the class clown of the group and brought lots of dry humor to the show. B.J. hunnicut was the voice of reason to hawkeye and tried to keep …show more content…
Befor citizens that were not connected to the war in anyway did not realize the price that the workers pay during the war. Most people knew about death counts but M*A*S*H made people realize that during the war there are people get injured, but still survive. those who survived left with scars, mentally and physically. M*A*S*H made people realize that when people left the battle it was not over for them. This realization let people start and donate to organizations like wounded warriors, and made people look at vetrans in a different way. The show M*A*S*H shed light on a subject that most people were uneducated on, and did so in a very humorous way. The way they saw veterans of the war, the casualties and the wounded, all changed for the people who watched the show. Year after Year, Rerun after rerun the show affects generations with memorable characters, humor, and a different point of
“The thing I hate about space is that you can feel how big and empty it is… ”
The production of Honky is a satirical comedy, following the lives of five people and the language of racism. While it focuses on the plot of 5 characters, the storyline was well thought out and intriguing. One actor in specific, Gerard Joseph, who played Thomas, did an exceptionally well job at conveying emotion and projecting to the audience, in my opinion. The overall directing, from the actors to the soundtrack and lightning, seem to be presented with excellent detail. Overall, this production was well done.
In The Other Wes Moore, the author and a neighbor have the same name, Wes Moore, and they both begin their lives in similar ways. However, as their lives progress, they begin to part. For example, both “lost” their fathers when they were young. Because of the way their mothers respond to this loss, the boys’ lives begin to separate. Both mothers have different responses to challenges in general, which eventually leads them to respond to their child’s actions in contrasting ways. Throughout this novel, readers learn that depending on how a mother decides to react to the negative actions of their child’s actions, the child can either lead a successful life or lead a life of failure.
The Vietnam War was the most publicized war during its era; moreover this was the most unpopular war to hit the United States. All over the country riots began to raise, anti-war movement spread all over the states begging to stop the war and chaos overseas. This truly was a failure in the political side of things. For the public, all they saw was a failed attempt in a far away country. Events such as the Tet Offensive where the North Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong established an all out attack on key locations around Vietnam, and although the Viet Cong was virtually wiped out, this still had a large affect psychologically on the troops as well as the populist back in the United States. Another atrocity that occurred during this war was the My Lai Massacre. This was the mass murder on unarmed civilians in South Vietnam during March 16,1968. Around November 1969, the world saw this and was outraged with the killings of innocent civilians prompting and giving the public more reasons to stop the war. Although the war was very unpopular, men and women were still fighting and dying for America. Heroes such as Captain John W, Ripley of Dong Ha, Medal of Honor recipients, and overall troops that gave the ultimate sacrifice were forgotten for a brief period. As unpopular as the war was, the American people should still know the stories and good that some of these troops had done for the United States.
The book, Heat written by Mike Lupica, is a novel about a young boy named Michael Arroyo who faces many difficulties throughout the book, all for his right to play his beloved game of baseball. Michael lives with his dad, Papi, and his brother, Carlos. They are all Cubans who came to the United States for a better chance to follow their dreams. Papi always encourages Michael to play baseball and he always has high hopes for Michael’s career in baseball. It is right to believe in Michael so much because later he fulfills his father's dream for him. After Papi dies of heart failure, Michael still continues Papi dream for him, to be the Little League Champion. Throughout the book Michael meets two characters who have significant impacts on him,
Through his humorous anitics, frilly dresses, and miles of odd claims he broke the structure of the typical soilder to try to gain his American born freedom back. A star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame marks the impact and impression on American TV he and more speicaifcally the role of Klinger has made. TVLand airs marthons of this series to this day that is a measure of its sucess on our culture and how it is still relevent today. The show had insightful commentary about the Vietnam War and Korean War at a time when it was not safe to comment about it directly. This still resonasts today in our modern day era. We face the threat of terriosm on our nation but shows on TV like Family Guy make a jokes about the terriosts and light of a serious threat. M*A*S*H also brought a sense of humor to the war. The time period was when those wars were unwanted and not suppourted by the American people much like today most Americans do not want another Invision of Iran or
The Vietnam War was a turning point in the way America sees war, by being the first war with media coverage, having great influence on soldiers fighting in it, and influencing the American citizens watching it happen. Often referred to as the “living-room war”, the Vietnam war was heavily impacted by media coverage, leading to controversy both at home in the U.S. and overseas on the battlefield.
Vietnam war has been one of the most deadliest and expensive wars to date. Not only it resulted in massive casualties and financial losses, it also made a long lasting effect on American psyche. Following the withdrawal of US combat forces in 1973, majority of Americans tried to overlook what had transpired for the past decade. It served as a devastating blow to American image both domestically and abroad. Vietnam war was heavily protested, misunderstood and highly controversial, and although many question the necessity of the invasion, yet it has continued to shape the way American foreign policies and military have evolved over the years. While Vietnam was the first war to be comprehensively televised still it had a negative stigma to it that was exploited by the media and Hollywood. Soldiers who made the ultimate sacrifice, willingly or unwillingly were neglected and scorned.
I believe that the Vietnam War (1954-1975) was one of the most important events in the 1960’s because it was a highly controversial and covered heavily by media. Vietnam was the first war to be videotaped by reporters for the public to see on a daily bases. Before this everything was filmed by the government and edited to show how great of a job we were doing but in Vietnam reporters didn’t have that kind of restriction on their filming. Some reporters would go to the front lines and give the American public a look into the horrors of the war. This negative press that the war got, usually portrayed the American soldier in Vietnam as a blood thirsty savage, that would shoot at anything that came in their path. This was really not the case but the public didn’t know that and quickly came to the conclusion that the war was unjust. Many felt that America was meddling with another countries Civil War and that American soldiers should begin to be withdrawn from Vietnam and return to their families. Men around the country were also very unhappy because the draft could take you from your everyday life and you could be sent to Vietnam to fight for a cause that they didn’t believe in and do nothing about it or risk spending time in prison and or paying a heavy fine. The American government thought the war was just because they were fighting of communist whom have different views than our capitalist run country but the American people thought still that we should leave Vietnam.
This war was massively destructive to the people involved in it. Despite the brutalities, many soldiers still agreed to enlist in the war due to the concept of nationalism. Nationalism
Tom Brokaw called the people who lived through World War II (WWII) “The Greatest Generation”, where he shares many heroic war stories in The Greatest Generation. The classic character displayed in the book was a decorated war veteran who returned to the United States (US) and developed a prosperous lifestyle. The WWII veterans came to symbolize strength, honor, unity, justice, success, and noble sacrifice. This image was portrayed through literature and film. Books and movies created an image of the WWII veterans which the US would idolize. Popular culture gave the war a romantic appeal. People fell in love with the idea that the US was liberating Europe from the Nazi Hun and the evil Japanese Empire. After the war, men came back to marry their sweethearts and had several children who were called the Baby Boomers. This romanticism continued through television shows like Leave it to Beaver and literary titles similar to Dick and Jane, which dominated popular culture. Though popular culture defined the perfect life, the lifestyle was not typical for the average American.
Tragedy struck Holcomb, Kansas on November 15th, 1959, with the lost of four members of the Clutter family, who were well known in their town. “Of all the people in the world, the Clutters were the least likely to be murdered,” (Capote 85) was what one townsperson said about the widely known family. Their lives were taken by two men named, Richard (Dick) Hickock and Perry Smith. After months of fleeing, Dick and Perry were captured. Over the next couple of years they were through numerous hearings and questioning over the murder they committed. Then the day came where some believed that vengeance was served. Hickock and Smith were both executed by hanging just after midnight on April 14, 1965. Dick and Perry 's mental health was widely discussed
The War was a watershed for everything in society and so without it our lives would be very different today. It is not something which should (or will) be dismissed as time passes on, because the memory of the War will echo throughout the generations forever.
Noah is the one of the main characters of The Notebook. He is the hero of this novel. Noah represents true love and true loyalty. In a way, The Notebook is similar to every modern day romance movie, and Noah represents the “dream man” that all the girls always imagine of having. The characters in movies are used to symbolize ideas, and in this novel, Noah represents true, faithful, committed love. Noah remains loyal to Allie even in the situation where he is unsure whether they will ever meet again or not.
Media played a vital role in changing the views of pro-war Americans to anti-war views by giving death counts, setting the stage for the anti-war movement to perform on, and publicizing leaked government information. The Vietnam War was known as the first televised war (“Vietnam Television”). Americans could watch as United States Troops fought, and the nightly news updated Americans on the death count and progress of US Troops in Vietnam (“Vietnam Television”).