Vietnam

West vs. East Throughout both novels and the movie watched thus far, at least one or more characters live in constant struggle because of their western beliefs. In the novel Blood Brothers, by Pham Van Ky, the narrator after studying in France for ten years, is faced with returning to a community which he no longer accepts. Secondly, Jean Baptiste in the movie, Indochine, is faced with falling in love with a Vietnamese girl. Their …

…France. When he returned he felt out of place and his parents and friends were disappointed with what he had become. It was this response that caused him to return to France. Secondly, Jean Baptiste, became a fugitive when he help a Vietnamese girl flee after killing his commander; he went against all his western beliefs to sympathize with the Vietnamese. How could a war not take place with these conflicting views in one place?