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In April of 1945, The Battle of Okinawa took place with over 150,000 casualties. When all the American soldiers retreated, one man stayed behind and helped save 75 men without firing a single bullet. The movie, Hacksaw Ridge, is about a young man named Desmond Doss who saved 75 men without killing anyone due to his Christian beliefs. The most prominent theme in the movie is that even when everyone in the world seems against you, you should always stick by your beliefs and to do what is right. Three main examples of this from the movie are when Doss stands up to Sergeant Howell by saying he would not touch a gun even though he was being ordered to. Another is when Doss gets sent to court for his refusal to follow orders, but he still pleads …show more content…

Sergeant Howell then proceeds to turn all the other soldiers against him, with hopes that Doss will quit, but Does refuses to quit. A quote from this section of the film that comes from Doss is, “I don't know how I'm going to live with myself if I don't stay true to what I believe.” This quote correlates back to the thesis because even though he is disobeying direct orders from his military generals, he won’t listen to them because they are asking him to do something that he doesn’t believe is right. He doesn’t care what any of the other soldiers think of him and all he focuses on is training hard and …show more content…

A quote from this section which is repeatedly said by Doss is, “Help me get one more.” This quote corresponds to the thesis because he is not willing to give up yet and all he wants to do is to save one more person. He cannot live with himself if he doesn’t save the innocent lives that need to be saved and he will save anyone at all costs. He even saved a couple of Japanese lives even though they were the enemy. This shows his dedication and he commitment to prove to everyone that he is capable of being a brave soldier without a

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All while a few other soldiers preps him to go down the zip line. The camera then looks down at the injured Desmond and zooms out as the camera goes for a low angled shot of Desmond towards the sunlight and sky and then fades out. This final scene shows that the soldiers accept him as a true soldier. The final shot also demonstrates that Doss is a true hero of war. Doss proves to the other soldiers that he didn’t need a weapon to help out in the war, just the belief that he can do more without

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Every wounded man was lowered to a safe spot 35 feet below the ridgetop, and then Private Doss came down the ridge unscathed” (Goldstein). Not many people would risk their life for another but when he was unarmed and didn’t just save one person he saved dozens of lives and like said previously, he wasn't and didn’t care about being in cover, all he cared about was saving everyone that he saw on the battlefield. This really showed how much he cared for others and how he didn’t want anyone to get hurt. According to the New York Times, Desmond Doss was credited saving 50 of his fellow soldiers. Medics with guns saved way less lives than desmond without a

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