Question #1

Rating: Null/10 (31 December 2008)

The Russian Roulette played in the movie could only have two endings; you pull the trigger and die, or you pull the trigger and survive, only to die in a future game. The symbolism of the Russian Roulette scene was to show that the Vietnam War was a lose lose situation. The Americans were fighting to stop communism, but even if we had won the war, we would have gained nothing from it. So basically what the scene is saying is that our men were in Vietnam fighting and dying for practically nothing. Also, when the surviving men came back home to their friends and family, they weren't considered heroes, they were considered baby killers and murderers. Their suffering in Vietnam gained them no respect back in the United States, it only caused them more suffering.