What challenges does Jack Smith face as a soldier in Vietnam? (a bulleted list is fine)
- Jack was forced to watch his close friends die without him being able to do anything.
- He had to act dead so the North Vietnamese soldiers did not kill him while having other dead people be piled on top of him.
- Found booby traps and pigs.
- He watched planes dump napalm on the war site.
- He was the only soldier left alive at the site and he had to wait for rescue troops to come get him.
- He went through training sessions.
How does Smith’s attitude toward war change?
He no longer has the desire to fight in combat to defend his country. He feels war is immoral and wrong and should not exist anymore.
I Feel Like I'm Fixing to Die Rag -
What is the song asking the “big strong men to do”?
The song is asking the men to help the U.S. get out of the mess they got themselves in by fighting in the war.
… the “generals” to do?
It is telling the generals that if they are there to fight then fight well but to also stop volunteering because they are mainly killing boys like american boys who do not know what they volunteered for.
… “Wall Street” to do?
It is telling the people making the weapons to stop making them and supplying the army because all it could lead to is the dropping of an atomic bomb - probably on Vietnam.
… “mothers” to do?
The song is telling the mothers to stop sending their children to Vietnam because all that will happen is they will get killed.
Write down four specific lines from the song that display sarcasm, cynicism, or anti-war sentiment.
- So put down your books and pick up a gun, We're gonna have a whole lotta fun.
- Whoopie! we're all gonna die.
- And you know that peace can only be won When we've blown 'em all to kingdom come.
- Be the first one on your block To have your boy come home in a box.
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