Tie-Ins

The chapter Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong reminds me a bit of the movie Avatar. At first Jake Sully arrives at the base, unwanted and trying to fill his dead brother's shoes. Once his tour is done, he will rotate back home and forget about Pandora. Mary Anne is only in Vietnam for Fossie. Once the war is over, they will return home to lead the life they always wanted. Then Jake discovers a world that is completely different from the one he is used to. He loves his Avatar body and how he has his legs back (he was paralyzed on Earth and can't walk in his normal body). He falls in love with the forest and the native people who of one he is trying to become. Mary Anne loves the forest and the different way of life. It is like she never wants to return to normal life. Jake Sully is the same way. In the end of the movie, he completely abandons his human body and his original race to join the natives of Pandora. He has a whole new way of like now just like Mary Anne, ready for the kill (pg 110).