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In the play titled, “M. Butterfly,” by David Henry Hwang I believe to be a central theme of East versus West. During the whole play we have a visible conflict between the major characters in the play, Gallimard and Song. Also at the time of the play there is war taking place on the front of Vietnam. Gallimard and Song in a way are linked to the fighting going on in Vietnam and are explained as follows. The play takes place from the 1940s all the way to the 1980s, and was a crucial time for everyone in the world, especially those countries involved or near the country of Vietnam. Fighting began on November 1946 between Vietnamese and French troops in Haiphong, and French ships attacked the city and killed over 6,000 Vietnamese. In response, the Viet Minh attacked the French at Hanoi within the next month. The guerilla tactic fight became known as the French Indochina War. The Vietnamese were finally victorious of the French Indochina War in 1954 where the French were defeated by the Vietnamese at Dienbienphu. The Geneva Conference took place shortly after where the French had to accept an armistice on the terms of the Vietnamese. After the Geneva Conference, which separated Vietnam into the Republic of Vietnam, South V