The deep theme of the film - against war and calling for peace

Keeley 2022-01-26 08:03:50

Rambo symbolizes Vietnam and the small town police station symbolizes the United States.

You dominate the town, I am king in the forest - this line was said by Rambo to the sheriff. At that time, the sheriff was subdued by Rambo on a tree, which means Vietnam's response to the US aggression. You are a good city in the United States. What are you doing to stay in the woods and invade Vietnam? In the city your weapon is the king, but in the jungle guerrilla warfare I am the master. A group of policemen fought with Rambo in the jungle, showing that the US military was trapped in the quagmire of the Vietnam War and could not extricate itself. The United States is a country of immigrants, there is no nationality, so there is no cohesion.

Even if a great country has advanced weapons, no matter how developed its economy is, it will never be able to defeat a backward nation. Young people must have national consciousness but not only national consciousness.

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First Blood quotes

  • [Rambo takes over an Army truck]

    Rambo: Drive!

    [Army driver glances at him]

    Rambo: Don't look at me, look at the road! That's how accidents happen.

    Rambo: [beat] What's your name?

    Guardsman #3: Cathcart, Robert A.

    Rambo: What have you got in the back, Robert A?

    Guardsman #3: M-60

    Rambo: [beat] Okay! Robert A! Get out of the truck!

    Guardsman #3: Please. I got no beef with you.

    Rambo: GO ON! Get out! Go home!

    [throws Cathcart out of the truck]

  • State Police Capt. Dave Kern: Why didn't you leave the kid alone in the first place?

    Teasle: Dammit, Dave, you think this kid just waltzed into town, announced he was a Medal Of Honor winner, and then I just leaned on him for the hell of it? I tried to do him a favor, I treated him like he was one of my neighbor's kids. I did my job, Dave, I booked him for vagrancy and resisting arrest.

    State Police Capt. Dave Kern: You seem pretty motivated on this one.

    Teasle: Why don't you go out there and take a look at what's left of my men? You'll see how motivated I am, Dave, and if that doesn't do it for you why don't you go have a talk with Art Gault's widow?

    State Police Capt. Dave Kern: All right, Will, I read you. Listen, I got twenty-five men I can bring up from Monroe.

    Teasle: [calming down] All right Dave, I can use them. We've got a lot of ground to cover.

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