Dialog in Movies Post 17

Yesterday in class we talked about Full Metal Jacket a movie that we watched a part of on Monday. The movie had some harsh language to say the least. The dialog was hardcore and the Sargent gave a sense of authority by using strong language and a loud tone of voice. Most of what we watched was the Sargent tearing down the new batch of soldiers, which the class discussed it was to rebuild them into efficient soldiers. The Sargent appeared to be quick on the draw and very thick skinned. At times the abuse got physical as when the Sargent hit a new soldier in the stomach for having a smile on his face and at another time he had a soldier choke "himself" by using the Sergeants hand and pressing against it. I can see why some of this abuse is necessary since personally I don’t want a bunch of pansies in the armed forces of the United States of America.