based on novel   grenade   prologue   vomit   blood   corpse   severed leg   grass   existentialism   accidental suicide   lawyer   accidental death   main character dies   color in title   insanity   duality   hill   nature   visual metaphor   multiple perspectives   philosophy   stabbed to death   uniform   honor   general   lieutenant   captain   sergeant   u.s. soldier   world war two   multiple narrators   fighting   battle   hearing characters thoughts   inner voice   internal monologue   voice over inner thoughts   jungle   courage   u.s. marine   spirituality   spoken inner thoughts   absent without leave   corporal   grim reality   infantry   dead soldier   commander   tropical island   japanese army   bunker   casualty of war   awol   private   brigadier general   pacifism   refusal to obey orders   crocodile   lieutenant colonel   budding friendship   combat casualty   battalion   beach landing   charlie company   guadalcanal   landing craft   melanesia   reed   relieved of command   ridge   solomon islands   spontaneity   transcendence   troop ship   death   military   shot in the stomach   shot in the back   shot to death   soldier   explosion   machismo   severed arm   cynicism   voice over narration   stabbed in the chest   husband wife relationship   shot in the neck   pursuit   voice over letter   machine gun   stabbed in the back   underwater scene   shot in the chest   invasion   skepticism   rifle   survival   steel helmet   u.s. army   shot in the head   no opening credits   river   pistol   japanese