In the movie Full Metal Jacket, there are three main parts. The first part is when the soldiers are in boot camp and they all go through all of the training that they will need, and ends with Private Lawrence shooting Gny. Sgt. Hartman, and himself. The next part of the movie is about how Joker goes about his work in the back lines, and how light he has it. This part ends with the assault on the base during the Tet Offensive. The third and final part starts with Joker and Rafterman going in country to join up with Cowboy’s squad. This part goes until the end of the movie when the squad takes over the village, and they all start to sing the Mickey Mouse theme song.
The first part is just training and preparation for the war, and combat. This is the transition of boys to men, and from men to killing machines. It lays out how the movie will go and the main characters in the movie. The next part is how the war was for them men in the rear. It mainly follows Joker while he does his reporting. He is upset about how they paper goes about its writing, often telling the readers what they want to hear, and not what is actually happening. This part shows a different side to the war than people are used to seeing. For the most part, they go about their business in peace, until the base is attacked. In this attack, the reporters all grab their weapons and resort back to their training to fight back the offensive. The third and last part shows the gruesome and realistic part of war. We see men getting killed, and the realism of the war. After Cowboy is killed, the remaining members of the squad go into the building to find and kill the sniper, and find out that it is a young girl. They want revenge for their fallen brothers, but they also struggle with killing this now defenseless person. In the end, they kill her, and that part shows how the men have changes from their time spend in basic training on Parris Island.
I think that they sing the Mickey Mouse song for three main reasons. The first is to show how these men have changed from being boys. Mickey Mouse is a symbol of youth, and this shows how these men were forced to grow up, possibly before their time. The second reason that hi think these men sing the song is because the song is about being a member of a group, and that is a very important aspect of war. All of these men are fighting on the same side, and they are all connected through the bonds that they share. The third reason is because of the Americanism of the song. Mickey Mouse is an American figure, and at the time, America was involved in many worldly affairs, whether they wanted us there, or didn’t.
In the movie Full Metal Jacket, there are three main parts. The first part is when the soldiers are in boot camp and they go through all of the training that they will need, and ends with Private Lawrence shooting Gny. Sgt. Hartman, and himself. The next part of the movie is about how Joker goes about his work in the back lines, and how simple he has it. This part ends with the assault on the base during the Tet Offensive. The third and final part starts with Joker and Rafterman going in country to join up with Cowboy’s squad. This part goes until the end of the movie when the squad takes over the village, and they all start to sing the Mickey Mouse theme song.
ReplyDeleteThe first part is just training and preparation for the war, and combat. This is the transition of boys to men, and from men to killing machines. It lays out how the movie will go and the main characters in the movie. The next part is how the war was for them men in the rear. It mainly follows Joker while he does his reporting. He is upset about how they paper goes about its writing, often telling the readers what they want to hear, and not what is actually happening. This part shows a different side of the war than what people are used to seeing. For the most part, they go about their business in peace, until the base is attacked. In this attack, the reporters all grab their weapons and resort back to their training to fight back the NVA offensive. The third and final part shows the more gruesome and realistic part of war. We see men getting killed, and the also how real the war was for those involved. After Cowboy is killed, the remaining members of the squad go into the building in an attempt to find and kill the sniper, and find out that it is a young girl. Clearly this is not what the squad was anticipating, and a issue of morals arise. They want revenge for their fallen brothers, but they also struggle with killing this now defenseless and injured woman. In the end, they kill her, and that part shows how the men have changes from their time spend in basic training on Parris Island.
I think that they sing the Mickey Mouse song for three main reasons. The first is to show how these men have changed from being boys. Mickey Mouse is a symbol of youth, and this shows how these men were forced to grow up, possibly before their time. The second reason that I think these men sing the song is because the song is about being a member of a group, and that is a very important aspect of war. All of these men are fighting on the same side, and they are all connected through the bonds that they share. The third reason is because of the Americanism of the song. Mickey Mouse is an American figure, and at the time, America was involved in many worldly affairs, whether they wanted us there, or didn’t.
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