Tiffany's Response to Full Metal Jacket

I, like so many others it seems like, had a really hard time watching FMJ. And I agree with the previous poster when they said that this movie is different because it takes us through the entire experience of these soldiers, beginning at boot camp. It was interesting and kind of disturbing at the same time for me to see the transition of these guys who turned from nervous, eager, kids to trained, emotionless, killers. The part of the movie that stuck with me the most was definitely the whole story of Pyle. It was so sad for me to watch the other soldiers turn on him when he couldn't help the fact that he simply was not made to be in the army and he couldn't handle all the stuff that they had to do, and eventually the ridicule, humiliation, and emotional turmoil he suffered at the hands of Gen. Harden and the other soldiers caused him to not only kill the General but to take his own life as well.