The Unholy Crusade

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soldiers. In one scene, Barnes
(Tom Berenger) and Bunny (Kevin Dillon), mercilessly kill several innocent
villagers. Later in the same scene, some soldiers are caught raping a
village woman. The actions taken by the soldiers are Stone's comparison to
the Spanish explorers' actions, which finally led to both nation's failed
expeditions.
To add depth to his religious allegories, Stone not only uses
historical references, but opens it to Biblical contexts as well.
According to the Bible, the garden of Eden is a paradise, often pictured in
a jungle-like atmosphere. In Platoon, Stone uses the jungles of Vietnam to
represent the mystic garden of Eden. Stone's underlying intent is to
parallel the fall of man with American destruction in the Vietnamese jungle.
When Adam and Eve committed man's first sin, Eden no longer held the
sanctum of holiness, thus began the fall of man. Like Adam and Eve,
America set itself on a stage for the world to see, and lost credibility
due to their ...

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