Platoon Character Analysis

Watching the movie made me realize that no matter what, you will fight always be fighting yourself. Because you will always have to fight yourself at some point. You just never know when it will happen. While watching the movie Platoon I was quite intrigued by the main character Chris Taylor (played by the actor Charlie Sheen). He left his university studies to enlist combat duty in Vietnam in 1967 as a volunteer, but came out of it all a true soldier. He didn’t know that war wasn’t like what the movies made it out to be. In fact, when he arrived there he realized that war was much more horrible than what he thought it was. He watched as his comrades were shot and killed. But after all that happened, he only then realized how important all

He had shot a man’s wife when she tried to say something and then threatened to kill the man’s daughter. As the movie progressed he seemed to become more and more unstable. Commander Sergeant Elias (played by actor Willem Dafoe) was an amazing Sergent but was left to die near the village. He was shot by Sergeant Barnes, who then blamed it on the Vietcong when he was caught up by Taylor. Not long after, as the helicopter was leaving, Elias was seen running to the helicopter shouting. He was then shot by a Vietcong soldier and died. He was a minor character in the story, but was, at the same time, a substantial character. Little is truly known about Gator Lerner (played by actor Johnny Depp). All that is known about Gator was that he was a private who fought in the 25th Infantry Division along side Taylor. During the war he was part of the 'heads' which was a group of soldiers who used drugs and listened to soul music. He was wounded during an NVA ambush near a church, but was saved by Chris Taylor. He was evacuated from the jungle by helicopters and send to base for medical