#2 Personalities

Rating: 8/10 (14 January 2012)

The different personalities of Steve, Mike, and Nick definitely give a prelude to what is going to happen to each one of them in the war in a sense.
Steve from the beginning of the film was engaged and got married. This told me that he needs someone to lean on and is very dependent. So during the war he would not be leader or the bold. For example, when he was capture with Mike and Nick and they were playing the empty/non empty chamber game he could barely shoot. Then he had to be rescued and carried along the way. All throughout the war he was leaning on someone else.
Nick is a very emotional character and this showed through with many different things. He randomly proposed to a girl right before he was about to leave for war and at times was overly cautious and others the complete opposite. He handled himself through the war but I am surprised he made it because he was so distraught, especially when he pulled the stunt in the den. He took the gun with a couple empty chambers and shot a guy and then himself taking a massive risk because he was in a high emotional state. He balanced Mike out because Mike was the opposite of him.
Mike was a very cautious and controlled man. He would rather hike on his own because he could control himself. He couldn't control everyone else around him and that was just too much risk to deal with. In his group of friends he was the dominant leader and everyone looked to him for guidance. Throughout the war the same thing was apparent. To get through tough situations such as being held captive, Mike was the one who got everyone through it. He was the glue that held everyone together, sort of the father of the group.