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The Sniper And The Sniper Comparison

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The portrayal of a soldier is the theme that I have been researching. The portrayal of a soldier is to show different characteristics and emotions of soldiers either during war or when they return from war. The four texts I looked at is, the film/movie directed by Ted Kotcheff, “Rambo”, “The Sniper” written by Liam O’Flaherty, “Forrest Gump” directed by Robert Zemeckis and the song, “Goodnight Saigon” written and performed by Billy Joel. These four texts all portray soldiers in either similar or different ways.

Two texts that portray soldiers as being fearful are The Sniper by Liam O'Flaherty and Rambo directed by Ted Kotcheff. Fear is shown in The Sniper when the sniper has to try and defeat an enemy sniper. The sniper nearly gets shot and the author says “he was frightened back to his senses”, this showing that The Sniper shows soldiers as having emotions of fear. Rambo also showed emotions of fear. When Rambo was about to be clean shaven by the cops, Rambo saw the blade and had flashbacks of back when he was in Vietnam. After the flashbacks he becomes fearful of the blade, the cops, and his surroundings. This is a clear connection between two texts that portray soldiers as having emotions of fear.

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Forrest Gump shows this the same way as being loyal. When his friends are injured in amongst enemy gunfire, Forrest ignores the enemy and runs in only thinking about his friends. He saves most of them and receives a medal of honour for it. Rambo also shows heroism as Rambo is known for what he did back in the Vietnam War. Rambo was one of the best soldiers and according to Colonel Trautman, Rambo is such a good soldier that he constantly goes on about how the cops and people against Rambo is still alive. Rambo was also given a medal of honour for what he did back in Vietnam

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