Part one of term paper
O'Brien's "If I Die in a Combat Zone", Hasford's "The Short-Timers", Moore's "The Green Berets", and O'Brien's "Going After Cacciato": Parallels The introductory readings, Obrien's If I die in a Combat Zone, Hasford's The Short-Timers, Moore's The Green Berets, and Obrien's Going After Cacciato, all share a common element - fear. An integral ...

Part two of term paper
... in a Combat Zone, the main character struggles to balance his fear with his duty to his country, his town, and himself. "So to bring the conversations to a focus and also to try out in real words my secret fears, I argued for running away," (Combat, 29) the character says. He simply is torn between what he feels is a responsibility, and the many parts of his fear. Afraid of not upholding his pride, afraid of dying in a, "[war that] was wrongly conceived and poorly justified," (Combat, 29), and cr ...