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Pyle and Joker's Dual Narratives: Individuality and Group Identity in Stanley Kubrick's Marine Corps
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Full Metal Jacket revisits the Vietnam War in a way that, according to many critics,1 spends more time critiquing Marine Corps culture and brutality in general than it spends delving into the issues particular to Vietnam. Kubrick's2 Marine Corps, these critics argue, dehumanizes its men and reshapes them into desensitized killing machines who lack a strong individual identity once they go through basic training. The success of the Marines that Gunnery Sergeant Instructor Hartman trains rests on the strength of their collective identity. However, Kubrick's focusing of his narrative so explicidy on Privates Pyle and Joker and their vasdy different experiences adapting to the Corps asserts …
