Answer to Question #311167 in English for Sheza

Question

Study Questions for "Sweetheart of Song Tra Bong"

1. What is an "unreliable narrator"? Do you think Rat Kiley is a reliable narrator? Why/Why not? 

2. What are your first impressions of Mary Anne? How would you describe her relationship to Mark Fossie? 

3. How does Mary Anne defy or challenge the gender stereotypes of femininity in her actions or interests? 

4. How does Mark react to the changes that he sees in his girlfriend? Why is he so upset? 

5. Why do you think that women were not readily accepted into the military environment? What are the sexist ideas that society has about women that Rat Kiley describes? 

6. How is Mary Anne changed by her experience in Vietnam? How is her innocence lost? 

7. What kinds of obstacles do you think women face when they serve as soldiers in the military?

Answer 1

When Mary Ann assists the wounded and witnesses horrific, violent events, she begins to change. Then she begins to ambush people in the middle of the night. She confesses that it frightens her, but it also makes her happy alive in a way that nobody ever back home can comprehend.