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Desmond Doss (Stays true to himself, his faith and his values. Conviction…
Desmond Doss
Stays true to himself, his faith and his values. Conviction in the face of opposition.
When Smithy dies, Doss was questioning his faith and the values he represented. He asked God for a sign, hearing the cries of the injured on the battlefield and in turn, has a realisation of who he is and knows that he cannot give up that easily.
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Went to war to save lives, not to end them.
This can be shown through when he didn't kill the Japanese man, he instead lowered them down to be helped.
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Even when he was beaten up by the people in his dorm, he decided to stay and to stay true to his values.
- "There's no shame in this. .. Let's go." - "I'm on KP this morning, I can't."
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Respect.
Beginning
In the start Desmond is absolutely hated by his army pals. This is because the rest of the army think that he is going to be a hinderance and get the other men killed because the other men will be able to cover Desmond, but Desmond will not be able to cover them.
The Colonel and other army hierarchy try and get rid of Desmond. They beat him up during the night, put him in prison, try and make his go against his morals; not touching a firearm.
End.
In the end, Desmond is the only one who is showing respect for his army pals. He will leave no one behind even when he is told to. A man had his legs blown off and there was a very little chance he was going to survive, he was told by another soldier, "Give him a shot of morphine and move on, he is not going to last a day." Doss does not do this but helps the man.
The men are told to set in for the night and stay low. Desmond walks off and is asked where he is going by Sergeant Howell. He replies: There's still more wounded out there Sarg. Smitty then says, "I'll go with him". From here, it is apparent that Smitty has respect fo Doss as he wants to go with him to rescue the wounded, where he hated him through training.
Captain Glover asks who has rescued all of these soldiers and finds out it is Desmond. In a medium close up he is mildly suprised and a little bit of We were wrong about that guy is displayed on his face. This shows that Desmond has gained a lot of respect from the army.
In a ling shot, Desmond is praying at the bottom of the ridge with all of the men lined up on an angle in the shot. This shows the greatest amount of respect that Doss had, because one of the other believed in god, and were not for waiting in the morning to go to war, but they knew what he did for their men so showed him respect because Doss gave them respect.
All the men are very welcoming when he gets back because they are aware of what he has done for a long peroid of time up on the ridge. They are caring for him because they now respect him because he risked his life, for so many who may not even survive.
Desmond is badly hurt in battle after kicking a grenade away. He drops his bible when getting taken back to the edge of the ridge. He had so much respect by the end that when he says "my bible" repetitively, while being taken back on a stretcher, that one of the soldiers runs back and searches for his bible in under fire, where he could have been killed and retrieves the bible for Doss, where the soldier gives it to him before he is taken off of the ridge.
Middle.
After Desmond has been beaten up in his sleep by his peers, Sergeant Howell tries to get him to out the ones who did this. Desmond doesn't do this and says, "I sleep pretty hard." - This gains the respect of Sergeant Howell and in a close up shot, we see Sergeant Howell looking suprosed and impressed with Desmond, showing that he is warming to Desmond even though his beliefs are different.
Brave/courageous
Signs up for war, knowing full well that as a conscientious objector he will be unable to fire at the enemy if they pose a risk to his life.
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Defies the military, both his superiors and his unit.
Even with the threat of being court marshaled, he perseveres and holds true to his values. Everyone pressures him to plead guilty to get off easy, but he refuses.
When he is faced with this reality he doesn't relent. Not only does he run into combat without a gun, he performs with flying colors.
Bats away two grenades to save his unit, has no regard for his own safety and a result gets badly injured.