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Kovic novel questions price of war, Marines
JESSICA BROWN
Issue date: 4/2/09 Section: Out & About
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Ron Kovic begins his story by setting the average scene of a picturesque family in the '60s.
Awed by the notion of history and honor that goes along with the Marine Corps, Kovic joins willingly. Serving his country well, Ron does his time and a half in the Marines, but eventually falls on the unlucky side of a fire fight.
BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY
Grade: A+Verdict: An eye-opening story so graphic and visual, you wish it wasn't true.
He becomes paralyzed from the waist down, and begins to believe and act as though his life is over.
It takes a wild bout of post-traumatic stress, a trip to Mexico and a lot of mistakes to help him find a passion and reason for living life again.
The novel inspired the same-named 1989 film directed by Oliver Stone and starring Tom Cruise. A story that truly encompasses the effects and causes of stress, "Born on the Fourth of July" helps define why and how we live the way we live in a war-torn world.
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