"Platoon"

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The paper describes the film "Platoon" - about the Vietnam War - as a coming of age story. It shows tha it is neither an anti-war nor pro-war story, but rather a story about a young boy who is aged by the war. It describes the main character and his interaction with men in his army unit.

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"Platoon is one of the classic movies about the Vietnam War. It cannot only be seen as a war movie however. It can also be viewed as a coming of age story. Chris Taylor, played by Charlie Sheen is about to find out what war is all about. When we first see this character he is getting off the plane in Vietnam. He looks like a wet behind the ears young kid. As the story goes along we see him become a lot older than he really is. This is one of the many themes that we have seen in most of the stories we have read and the movies we watched. How the men that fought in the war grow in not only physical age but grow by leaps and bounds in their mental age. When Taylor does step off that plane in Vietnam he is greeted by body bags. The viewer can see right away that he knows this is not a vacation. He looks scared."

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