Since history can hardly be written by the author without any bias, opinion, or personal emotion, the texts can never represent reality but the interpreted fact. In this sense, an unbiased understanding of war can be only achieved by comparing the sources from the both sides. According to the texts, the image of Vietnam soldiers is dramatically diverse. For example, in the Journey from the Fall the Soldiers of North Vietnam are depicted as evil killers and brutal bureaucrats, but in the When the tenth month comes they are depicted as patriots who just want to protect their country from invasion. Although the distortion of enemy is necessary to construct an illusion at some point, the reality might be more subtle than barely the consequence of a story telling stereotype. Even depicted from different scopes, some story are not leading to paradoxical understanding of what is really happen; instead, the superficially contradicted depiction can present a more clear underlying principle of the reality. In the texts about the Vietnam War, the soldiers are depicted by various ways such as their personal pursue, families, expectation from the society, and the administration inside the army; however, although Vietnam and American soldiers went to the battlefield with different pursue, under the intense pressure and the extreme brutalities in the war, they become the similar victims who deform into obedience to their pointless desire and pleasure. As depicted in the texts, American soldiers and Vietnamese soldiers have different identities and reasons to fight the war. From "The Things They Carried," O'Brien writes about his opinion against the war. Both his instincts and consciousness are telling him to escape from war (36). He think about Canada which was so close to him. Canada is not just a destination to O'Brien, but as a word deeply printed in his mind Canada represents the idea of peace and life which seems so far away from him and it is so shameful that it is against the expectation of him. In Apocalypse Now, Captain Willard is depicted as an American soldier who chooses to abandon his family and return to the battlefield. He lay on the hotel bed and waiting for mission as if he is starving for food delivery. The scene of helicopter, jungle, and fire is overlapping with his face which shows no emotion but his bewilderment. Life is no longer meaningful to him without the intense excitement in the battle field. Both texts represent different reasons for American soldiers to