Hacksaw Ridge Deviance

In the film, ‘Hacksaw Ridge’, there are many displays of concepts that we recently learned in sociology this year. The film is about a Christian, named Desmond, who decides to join the army during World War II. However, he has a very specific and socially unaccepted request of his time in the army. Usually when fighting in the army, the soldier carries a gun. In this film, Demond refuses to carry a gun during war due to his Christian faith and declaration against killing others. He decides to join as a combat medic, and is highly challenged and discouraged by other military members and officers during his training. This is a true story. A huge aspect of the movie is the deviance that Desmond experiences during his time in the army. His deviance begins with his refusal to carry a gun, he explains to his sergeant that “I can't touch a gun,” due to his faith. This is deviant because socially it is widely required and expected that soldiers carry guns during battle, however, Desmond refused. Another example of his deviance is his disobeying of direct orders from his commanding officers. The orders required him to hold a gun, and he refused, causing him to go to court with charges in his name. This is deviant because it goes against the expected obeying of orders from

An example is when he was saving other soldiers from the top of the ridge, and he kept saying, “please Lord, help me get one more,” showing how heavily he relied on God. Another example of Religion is the way in which Desmond was raised by his family. His family were firm believers in God and His Commandments. They raised Desmond to obey the laws of God. The last example of religion is the fact that his faith motivated him to help others instead of hurt them. Desmond refused to kill, so be became a medic so that he could save his fellow soldiers and “put a little bit of the world back