I will prove that the main argument of the film is internally (moral) argument with themselves. I say this because the movie concentrates on how officers are compelled to settle on a decision and that moral conflict can be lost in the soldiers actions during the war. Which Taylor showed throughout the movie while he tries to accomplish his ultimate target goal, which was to survive the war. In spite of having leaving school to volunteer for the infantry, he quickly discovers that the Vietnam War was not the devoted battle that his father and grandpa had battled before him. The movie then concentrates on his moral struggles as he and the rest of the platoon are slit between Staff Sargent Barnes and Sargent Elias who struggle on how they battle
