The main characters of the film are Army Reserve Sergeant First Class Troy Barlow (Mark Wahlberg), he is the one that finds the map. Private First Class Conrad Vig (Spike Jonze), he is killed after being shot during a rescue attempt. Staff Sergeant Chief Elgin (Ice …show more content…
During this scene Troy is asked a multitude of questions, this then leads to Captain Said telling him his wife lost her legs in the bombing and he also lost his son. Troy relates to his captor by telling him he has a one month old daughter himself. As this scene unfolds and the dialogue gets heavy I noticed a bit of sympathy for the captor even though he is set up to torture an American prisoner. The director projects the feelings to the movie goer that there was a reason for the Iraqis to dislike the Americans wether its because of our culture (Michael Jackson’s skin change) or the accidental deaths of their loved ones during the