Vietnam Assignment
Lilly Godinez
Summary
Song of Napalm was about a man having flashbacks of times spent during the Vietnam War. He described how he seen a girl running with napalm stuck on her as he knew her time would be up soon. He also describes how her body slowly comes to a halt when it finally wears off on her.
Important Passages
Song of Napalm "Still I close my eyes and see the girl running from her village, napalm stuck to her dress like jelly, her hands reaching for the no one who waits in waves of heat before her" That stanza relates to the passage as a whole because the poem is about how he still has bad flashbacks of the war. The girl that had napalm attached to her body was a soldier that helped the narrator in the war and some things as tragic as that, can effect someone's life badly.
Discussion Questions
1. What messages are these authors trying to convey to the readers about war?
They are trying to make the readers have a visual of the events happening to the soldiers in their minds. The message they are trying to send out to the readers is to think about how bad the war has an effect on people.
2. What is the impact war has on people?
Impacts on the soldiers that have fought in a war can range from anywhere to shock, trauma, and really bad and scary flashbacks of the war.