he person who is awarded a well paying position. If one does not conform to the standard they will not be paid well, will not be able to buy things media tells them they need, and therefore be “different” and unwanted. In both situations, such harsh labels as “excommunicated” or “unwanted,” the individual may become depressed and ultimately suicidal. Kubrick blatantly makes a connection between nonconformity and death in Full Metal Jacket. Pyle, the most unique of the troop, murders both the Drill Instructor and himself in the second most horrifying and important scene of the film. The first is when Joker, after seeing his mates be effortlessly slaughtered, confronts the Vietnamese sniper and kills her. Kubrick makes the connection by showing Joker’s fight with his own morality in the hesitation over the dying girl, and then finally in compliance with his role as a US Marine, he kills her. I believe through Full Metal Jacket and “You Cant Hack It Little Girl: A Discussion Of The Covert Psychological Agenda of Modern Combat Training,” one is meant to realize that we should cherish our individuality and be wary of institutions of conformity. Eisenhart discusses throughout the article the effects of Marine bootcamp on the person. Kubrick uses the vehicle of the US Marines to express his opinions about our ideology, which encourages us to become one uniform mass. My optimistic opinion is that as long as there are people like Kubrick and Eisenhart to make the downfalls of society obvious, we can still hold on to a bit of our individuality. ...
