Rambo Essays

Rambo 3 was made during the cold war, which indeed makes this movie very influential on the citizens of the United States at the time. Cold war is a term which describes the tension between USSR and US, this conflict led to the rise of militarism in both nations, once again after the end of WWII. President Reagan acted as a “cold warrior”(Tom Mangold 1992) in both his terms of presidency. As a matter of fact, Ronald Reagan once stated: “declaring yourselves above it(...) an evil empire (...) remove

Sylvia or better known as Rambo grew up in Compton. Sylvia grew up in an upper-middle-class black family she had a new car every year. Sylvia is the younger sister of Marcus or also known as China dog and a founding member of the Lueders Park Piru a notorious street gang based in Compton. In 1973 Sylvia's father was convicted of drug possession and was sent to prison. 16-year-old Sylvia none joined the Lueders Park Pirus after her brother Marcus ( China dog ) was gunned down by a carload of Compton

song is Fortunate Son by a band called Creedence Clearwater Revival and the third song is Hero Of War by a band called Rise Against. All these songs show betrayal toward soldiers and how they are treated like nothing. This is also shown in the movie Rambo by Ted Kotcheff and how he respects while fighting, then was treated with relentless discrimination when he returned home from the war. At the beginning of the song 21 Guns, the man has come back from war and has been shown betrayal and was not in

are more violent and bloody than they used to be. One example that shows this progression is the movie First Blood, made in 1982, as compared to the movie Rambo, which came out in 2008. The violence and bloodiness demonstrated in the most recent movie release of Rambo far outweigh what was presented in “First Blood,”the first in the series of Rambo movies. Some viewers may feel that an increased amount of violence and gore makes for better entertainment, but they cannot deny the fact that this upheaval

films and songs Hero of war by Rise Against, 21 Guns by Billie Joe Armstrong, Rambo: first blood by David Morrell and American Sniper by Scott McEwen, I believe that all the soldiers in these text all suffer with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder also known as PTSD. At the beginning of the film Rambo first blood, Rambo who is an average American finds himself trying to meet up with an ex-marine who he fought with in Vietnam, Rambo traveled across the country in search of his friend, he eventually finds himself

Rambo: First Blood by Ted Kotcheff was one of the most influential films of its day. On the surface, it’s an epic wilderness showdown, but underneath the layers of action and suspense resides an author’s purpose that confronts the manipulation and rejection faced by returning Vietnam veterans and the effects of war on their psychological states. Upon journeying home from the brutal Vietnam War and finding out his only surviving comrade has recently passed away, John J. Rambo is met with discrimination

enters Rambo: First Blood (1982), a film following the PTSD induced rampage of a Vietnam veteran ending in a vulnerable moment between a broken soldier and an empathetic colonel. This film was

The Mayo Clinic says the top five most common events leading to PTSD are; Combat exposure, childhood neglect and physical abuse, sexual assault, physical attack, and being threatened with a weapon. This would explain further why both Chris Kyle and Rambo developed PTSD since they were both exposed to combat and threatened with weapons. People with PTSD often relive the traumatic events through nightmares, and flashbacks, and may feel guilt for what happened. Although you usually hear about

Rambo is an iconic war hero who is sent by American soldiers in search of missing Prisoners of War (P.O.W) in Vietnam. Rambo is caught in Vietnam and is tortured by the Vietnamese and Russian soldiers. He is able to escape and save all the P.O.W’s and kill of the Vietnamese and Russian’s. This film positions the

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

1982, and stars Sylvester Stallone as a Vietnam war veteran named John Rambo. I chose this movie because I am familiar with it, having watched it several times. I feel that I know enough about the movie to give accurate information about it and the main character’s illness. The main character, John Rambo, suffers from post traumatic stress disorder. In First Blood, PTSD is not directly discussed, and it never says that Rambo actually has it. It is strongly implied, however, that he does. This is

early 80’s new movies began to come out with a positive outlook on the war. One of the most famous is Rambo First Blood II. In this film we find Rambo in a prison yard crushing boulders when his old commander finds him and informs him he can get Rambo out of prison if he agrees to come on a mission in Vietnam. Rambo agrees ending the scene with the famous line: “Do we get to win this time?” When Rambo gets to Vietnam he meets Murdock, a white collar politician who seems to be very pro-war. Rambo’s mission

movie we watched opened my eyes to something I haven’t really thought of. I guess I had a lack of understanding of the way veterans were treated before, considering the way veterans are treated today. The movie First Blood, about a war veteran John Rambo, was able to showcase the harsh reality many veterans at the time faced as a result of the wars that the U.S. fought during that time (Kotcheff, First Blood). I think people have learned how to appreciate what those who serve at home and abroad do

English Now you connect the dots AS: 91104 Demonstrations of Violence portrayed in texts My report follows the way demonstrations of violence are portrayed in texts. The texts I have chosen to study are, Slumdog Millionaire directed by Danny Boyle, Rambo directed by Sylvester Stallone, Dulce Et Decorum Est written by Wilfred Owen and Once Were Warriors written by Alan Duff. Through these 4 texts violence is portrayed through a main character and their experiences as both of an aggressor or a victim

Rambo lived next to Christy’s home with his brother, where she visited their house several times. After her disappearance both brothers were charged with molesting Christy’s 6-year-old best friend. Since then the police and also Christy’s mother have suspected Willis Rambo. A few days after his arrest for sexual battery, police searched his home and dug up his backyard. They found no physical evidence that he kidnapped or held the 8-year-old girl captive. However, Rambo is currently

Soldiers are portrayed differently in different texts, but have similarities in themes and characteristics. These can be seen in four different texts called ‘The Patriot’ by Roland Emmerich ‘Tama Tu’ by Taika Waititi , ‘Hero of War’ by Rise Against and ‘Rambo. First Blood’ by Ted Kotcheff. Some of these texts portray soldiers to be honourable, having a loss of innocence and having a brotherhood. This report connects each text by showing the similar trait/theme of a soldier. It also states how the authors/directors

was afraid you would ask that". He then told them that their children had gone missing in the last day. The friends nodded and exchanged looks amongst each other. They announced to the mayor that they were going to help find the missing children. Rambo noticed something was a little off, then came to the observation that Jonathan was missing. The group now was going to find where all the missing children, and where

How Analogy Relates to Legal and Moral Reasoning Analogical reasoning is among the most popular and common reasoning humans use. This is something you find in everyday life. When sitting down and deciding what to eat for lunch we usually tend to base our choices off of analogical reasoning. Maybe you are sitting there deciding you want to go back to the Mexican place around the corner because the last three times you went there it was delicious. Perhaps you decide to try the Italian place down the

Austin Sroczenski Mr. McDowell English A 10/4/15 A Long Way From Innocence In 1933, unknown to many parts of the world, Sierra Leone was in the middle of an internal war. As this brutal war continued on, both the Sierra Leone government, and the Revolutionary United Front began to use children as soldiers to fight this battle. The children used in combat are deceived greatly by army generals, in order to turn them into killers. In the memoir A Long Way Gone, by Ishmael Beah, Ishmael undergoes an

paint factory. It wasn't soon after, an explosion occurred and caused the narrator to be knocked out. The narrator then is woken up with doctors surrounding him. When he faints during shock therapy a woman named, Mary Rambo takes the narrator in and shelters and cares for him. Mary Rambo acts like a motherly figure towards the narrator until he attracted the attention of Jim and is later joined into a group called Brotherhood only to give back to Mary. The narrator helps the Brotherhood attract more