The Mortality and the Meaning of War and The Full Metal Jacket

Queston: Analysis two film briefly the Film that you have Selected. Answer: The well-known phrase, Alls fair in love and war reflects the traditional valuations and attitudes. However, in using such phrase, the moral standard goes down and people start doing what is necessary for living their lives. The sense of right and wrong in war depends on the perspective values of the people. Full Metal Jacket is one of the legendary films made by Stanley Kubrick. Previously, the wars were considered fair for people. In the war between Vietnam and Nazis, Vietnam was considered good in faith. At that point, United States decided to take the side of Indochina for supporting the imperialism. The case for pacifism is flawed, according to Wasserstrom, because it fails to make the (Kantian) distinction between intentional and accidental killing of innocent civilians. The third installment in Stanley Kubricks antiwar trilogy, Full Metal Jacket (1987) scathingly deconstructs the John Wayne myth. The second act follows the Vietnam War (Shaw 6). It has been observed that these two acts are conceptually different to each other. The movie contains the Bathroom scene where the Private Pyle killed Sergeant Hartman and then committed suicide (Plmper, Thomas, and Neumayer 579). Kubrick has used the scene to present a transition from the rigid and order structure of training into ambiguities and chaos of warfare. Kubrick has provided the massive form of war and interdependence along with duality by taking the Jungian archetypes to the situational limits. The second half of the film represents the occurrence of chaos through layered dialogue, cluttered scenes, and unstoppable violence. The Joker symbolizes both words and peace. The statement Born to kill is the major proof of such duality. Joker responds back by discussing about the duality of Man when a senior official asked him about the symbols. It can be stated that the second half of the movie is majorly focusing on the morality and meaning of war. The enormous chaos that ends with order semblance is reflecting a little glimpse of the end of the first act (Plmper, Thomas, and Neumayer 579). The symbolism of peace used in disguise of a Joker, Gung-ho, Marine General proclaimed that Americans are waiting to get out inside every gook. The satire used here is well placed and focusing on the target. It demonstrates the moral dilemma that sometimes stays in peoples lives. In fact, it portrays the needs of holding the dual minds for the existence. The two districts acts in the film emph asize the embodiment of moral duality as represented by Kubrick. In fact, the movie depicts such duality between the chaos and order and supports the idea of the dual morality of people for sustaining their existence (Gibbs 241). The logical contradiction presented in the study is aiming at illustrating the potentially disturbing and paradoxical truth. Kubricks message was clearly presented when the platoon of Joker broke into a rousing chorus of the theme of The Mickey Mouse Club. However, the director remained the humor of the Joker constant. It facilitates the realization of the madness in the Warfield (Plmper, Thomas, and Neumayer 579). The Joker appeared to above the mortally wounded sniper who strives for death like a beggar. In fact, he created the different scenario of bringing the sniper out of the misery. Terrorism and counterterrorism in Munich Munich represents the story of five men who were selected by the Government of Israel to assassinate the terrorist members of Black September. In the year of 1972, these terrorists killed 13 athletes of Israel. In the assassinations of Palestine Members involved in Black September took place with the help of Mossad, the National Intelligence Agency of Israel. The movie represents that the acts of terrorism kills the innocent lives and devalues the lives of the citizens by targeting them constantly. The act of terrorism intends to deprive the citizens from ensuring their right to life. Terrorism is generally conceptualized as the random killing of the innocent people by creating the pervasive sense of fear (Shaw 10). It even creates the fear of the political purposes. it can be observed that the practices of targeted killing are considered as the lawful instance. However, Nis Melzer, the author, pointed out that the legitimate military target under the paradigm of law enforcement is n ot directed against illegal acts (Sandler 20). Some of the terrorist groups do not justify their means of using the fear as the weapon. In fact, in some consequences, it has been seen that the outcome creates the potential risks for others. A nation is liable to counter attack the terrorists by practicing the target killing when it can save the lives of others. On the contrary, Israel could tie knot with many other nations by killing one Hamas leader. Such actions proved that Israel need to keep the country on the safer side by adopting the practices of assassinations. The members associated with Black September were just the civilians when they killed so many people. Accordingly, such acts violate the rules and concept of civilian in United Nations. Therefore, the acts of Israeli people are considered as justified. They presented the violation against such international laws, which deliberately make their every action illegal. Therefore, the moral theory used in this movie is concentrating on the categorical imperative, which is Just War theory (Gibbs 241). The critical evaluation of the moral behaviour in this movie determines the strengths and weaknesses. Act of terrorism intends to deprive the citizens from ensuring their right to life. It provides the analogy with the illegitimate and legitimate police procedure. However, concentrating on the historical consensus determines that the atomic bomb was used for saving the millions of lives. The policies imposed by the government are considered as the joint undertakings. The collective responsibilities are attributed to the citizens (Sandler 20). The political violence even could achieve the moral aims much significantly. The insurrection of John Brown helped in the abolition of revolutions and slavery. The evidences behind such assassinations proved the ethical concerns to protect a nation. References Shaw, Dan.Morality And The Movies,. 1st ed. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2012. Print. Gibbs, Jennifer C. "State Legitimacy and Terrorism: Implications for Counterterrorism Policy."Terrorism and Counterterrorism Today. Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2015. 241-259. Gomez, Raphaella Delores. 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