Reflection of the Story about Vietnamese Priest

Reflection of the Story about Vietnamese Priest— “What does the story want to be?”

We watched the two film clips tell the different stories of the Vietnamese priest. In Marty’s story, the characters are not complex and the plots are too simple. The Vietnamese priest is an entirely anger and vengeful person who does not show any other emotions in the film. There is a scene he kills people in a very violent way that shows the intensity of his anger, but this violence and anger have no real meaning actually, which are gratuitous. And the hooker in the film is just sexualized and objectified. She is careless and ignorant, and lacks depth and emotion. Ultimately, the story tries to be interesting and complex, and it uses the intense historical violence of the Vietnam War to give it certain meaning. In Han’s story, the characters are much more complex. The Vietnamese has violence directed but is also extreme selflessness that he self-immolated to protest the war. This story reflects his destruction in a much more complex and meaningful way than Marty's story. And the hooker in second clip is more humanized and emotional. She has a high level of education, and she has pity for the priest who burns himself in the end. Generally Han’s story corrects the problems or flaws in Marty’s story, and he makes it much more complex and meaningful.