Abstract

Vietnam War was the longest U.S. military conflict in its history, involving more than half a million armed forces in the 1960s and early 70s. It is also true that the United States has officially long been out of Vietnam related to the dates of the war. The last U.S. troops left Vietnam on August 12, 1972. Yet, the country has still carried the consequences of the war, especially in terms of the difficult lives of returned veterans, the subject recurrently presented in the arts, literature and theatre. Sticks and Bones (1971) is one of the most important plays that presents the violence, the anger, and the guilt of War-veteran dramas. The play is also an attack at commercial consumption of the war as presented through the most media forms and sit-coms. The aim of this paper is to analyze the wounds of those who could not get out of the War conflict, also to attempt to clarify the reconstruction of identity of the war-veteran represented by David`s characterization in Sticks and Bones.