The soldiers and the journalists that were writing about it were very close to the action. They wrote about their experiences. Moreover, the Vietnam literature has no “escape hatches” (meaning we don't have comic relief, no moments of romance, and scant emphasis on coming-of-age energy). The primary goal was to make us feel like we were there.
The tone of the story "Talk" by Harold Courlander and George Herzog is humorous.
Friend 1: I pity those old horses in the farm. Why are they still allowed by those heartless men? Horses too get tired.
Friend 2: And horses too have rights. Horses as old as those in the farm should be placed in comfortable place under the care of experts where they don't have to work under the heat of the sun.
Friend 1: Right. So, let's report it to authorities now.
