We all have seen people dripping in kerosene, matches in their hands, screaming that they would kill themselves if their demands aren’t met with. We all have witnessed instances like this since years either in movies or on the news. This is called ‘Self-Immolation.’ This article is about how this act of burning oneself has become an iconic act of rebellion worldwide. The United States of America (USA) has always been a dominant country but of course - just as any country would- lost some. While a conventionally educated US citizen would disagree and point out things like, ‘It wasn’t our war, we were just helping. That’s what powerful friends do’ or ‘What we have achieved even though we lost the war is important’, there are four/five debatable losses. But the one in the context is the Vietnam war(1955-1975). Back when North Vietnam and South Vietnam existed (Reunified in 1975), the Communists backed North Vietnam and the anti Communists backed South Vietnam kept fighting for their ow