Platoon Questions

1. Significance of the date and area?

2. Are soldiers justified to be angry at Vietnamese villagers?

3. How would you react to your friend being killed by booby traps?

4. How would you react to finding enemy supplies in the village?

5. Is the village scene fair? Did American soldiers do this?

6. What views on the war are represented by Barnes and Elias?

7. Who's view do you agree with? Why?

8. How does the film compare the "stoners" to the "drinkers?"