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To analyze Platoon as a form of Christian allegory we must first look at the screen writer. ... ” Hence it is know that the movie written and directed by a man who declared the war religious must have in some way concealed these religious ideas in Platoon. ... The Christian metaphors in Platoon are abundant and well documented. ...
“We note that Stone, in bringing allegorical methods to bear upon the Vietnam War, is in good company, as critics such as John Hellmann, Albert Auster, and Leonard Quart have shown, or as Michael Cimino reveal in their screenplay notes and annotations to Full Metal Jacket and The Deer Hunter.” This is more proof of allegory in Platoon. ... It is evidence that the war is an excellent canvas for symbolism and Christian metaphors, and that Stone paints a symbolic picture by using the entire canvas.
We can begin discussing the allegorical components of the film with the start movie.
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