In The Things They Carried, the character Azar shows several similarities to Animal Mother from Full Metal Jacket. Both characters are aggressive and possibly mentally unstable young men, as evidenced by their battlefield performances, as well their behavior away from the carnage. In Full Metal Jacket, Animal Mother and Joker instantly feud, with Animal Mother questioning Joker’s fighting experience. He later informs Joker that he will "Tear him a new asshole". In the battle, Animal Mother is the first to enter, and the last to leave. He owns the biggest gun in the platoon, and definitely deserves it, being called “one of the finest humans alive when under fire” by his platoon mate. However, outside of battle, he returns to his normal unstable
