Platoon

Platoon 1. During the first few days in Vietnam, it was clear that Taylor was not a typical Vietnam “grunt”. As shots reached his platoon, Taylor froze and quickly forgot his instructions. Chris wanted to go home and get out of the jungle. As time passed and Taylor got more experience, he no longer froze up. Taylor was right in the middle of the gun battles and helping his fellow comrades. With time, a typical soldier begins to detest every Vietnamese citizen. They think of the Vietnamese as animals, and they do not feel any sympathy toward them. American soldiers did horrific things to innocent Vietnamese. However, Chris Taylor was not one of these typical grunts. Taylor had a heart and had sympathy toward the innocent people. When soldiers were raping the little girl, Taylor stepped right in and broke it up. He confronted the men and explained that the girl was innocent. Taylor turned into a true soldier, however he still maintained morals and a good heart. Tim O’Brien is similar to Taylor because O’Brien also maintained a good heart. When O’Brien killed a Vietnamese man, he platoon, elias, barnes, wolfe, taylor, lieutenant, vietnamese, war, soldiers, innocent, coward, soldier, out, girl, courageous, against, people, o’brien, men, vietnam, toward, sympathy, one, lt, different, cross, both, battle, authority, afraid, about, typical, two, things, sgt