The Russian Roulet Question

Rating: 7/10 (14 December 2015)

In the Deer Hunter a reoccurring theme is Russian Roulette. This is used as symbolism throughout the movie for the brutality during the Vietnam War and the gamble with death or the emotional scaring of witnessing it. The probability of dying was very high and they amount of people who cam back with physical and physiological injuries was astronomically high. I really like how it was used in the film and they carried the theme to the end of the book when Mike loses Nick. In the scene when they get out of the situation in the prisoner camp by overtaking the Vietnamese men with the pistol they used for Russian roulette was extremely brave and patriotic.