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Jungle of Lies
Jungle of Lies
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How do you justify a war predicated on lies?
Jungle of Lies chronicles nineteen-year-old Jason Cord’s loss of humanity, and perhaps his soul. He arrives in Vietnam with pictures of his ex-girlfriend Kim stuffed in the bottom of his duffle bag. He sees himself as a Hemingway hero: courageous, confident and introspective. Secure in his belief he’ll come home the hero, he fantasizes reuniting with Kim and their being together forever.
War is a force unto itself. It drives events to its own conclusions far removed from Jason’s dreams and ambitions. Jason witnesses and performs acts that sear his soul and jade his humanity. “Are we supposed to shoot gooks in the back?” He wills himself into a cold angry indifference, eviscerating parts of who he is. “Die you gook bastards.” War inevitably puts down markers that have to be paid and some of those payments take a lifetime.
Jungle of Lies chronicles nineteen-year-old Jason Cord’s loss of humanity, and perhaps his soul. He arrives in Vietnam with pictures of his ex-girlfriend Kim stuffed in the bottom of his duffle bag. He sees himself as a Hemingway hero: courageous, confident and introspective. Secure in his belief he’ll come home the hero, he fantasizes reuniting with Kim and their being together forever.
War is a force unto itself. It drives events to its own conclusions far removed from Jason’s dreams and ambitions. Jason witnesses and performs acts that sear his soul and jade his humanity. “Are we supposed to shoot gooks in the back?” He wills himself into a cold angry indifference, eviscerating parts of who he is. “Die you gook bastards.” War inevitably puts down markers that have to be paid and some of those payments take a lifetime.
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