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The Naked and the Dead

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The Naked and the Dead	comment	No, it's not a Film Noir.The novel that put Norman Mailer on the map. Written in 1948, The Naked and the Dead is set During the War—specifically, World War II—and is based on the author's own experiences in the Philippines. The story follows a platoon of foot soldiers, led by the sadistic Sergeant Croft, during the campaign for a small (fictional) Pacific island. Meanwhile, a young lieutenant named Hearn is assigned as an aid to the divisional commander, General Cummings, only to learn that Cummings is a Villain with Good Publicity, who maintains a PR facade with his subordinates, especially the enlisted men, but is in reality a cruel tyrant trying to subtly break down the morale of his men to keep them in line. Eventually, both Plot Threads collide and hilarity ensues.Critically acclaimed, it is notable for its dark, cynical deconstruction of the "Good War", The Squad and numerous other war tropes before they were even clichéd. It is also famous for the use of the word "fug" in-lieu of the normal "fuck". It also utilizes a concept called the "Time Machine", which is a flashback of the lives of the men before the war and further exploration of their characters.Made into a 1958 movie, directed by Raoul Walsh, starring Aldo Ray as Staff Sergeant Croft, Cliff Robertson as Lieutenant Hearn and Raymond Massey as General Cummings.
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The Naked and the Dead / int_1237828f	comment	Anyone Can Die: Several of the characters are dead by the end of the book, including Wilson and Hearn.
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The Naked and the Dead / int_1274565b	type	Up Through the Ranks
The Naked and the Dead / int_1274565b	comment	Up Through the Ranks: Major Dalleson is a former enlisted man who was repeatedly promoted due to the attentiveness to detail that makes him annoying as a staff officer. He feels uncomfortable around other senior officers and hopes to be demoted to captain, where he can mingle more with enlisted men, once the war ends and the army downsizes.
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The Naked and the Dead / int_159ce749	type	Ensign Newbie
The Naked and the Dead / int_159ce749	comment	Ensign Newbie: He's been an officer for some time, but when Hearn is assigned to the platoon, he fits this trope.
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The Naked and the Dead / int_19d06ef7	type	A Father to His Men
The Naked and the Dead / int_19d06ef7	comment	A Father to His Men: Deconstructed. Croft doesn't even bother; he considers officers and squad leaders who buddy with their men "womanish". Cummings puts on a pretense of this to hide his tyrannical nature. Hearn tries but most of the men, especially the veterans, reject him. (Then again, many of them loathe all officers).
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The Naked and the Dead / int_1c090ec2	type	Troubled Sympathetic Bigot
The Naked and the Dead / int_1c090ec2	comment	Troubled Sympathetic Bigot: Gallagher is pretty anti-semitic. He also becomes a Jerkass Woobie when his wife dies.
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The Naked and the Dead / int_24f4c82a	type	Semper Fi
The Naked and the Dead / int_24f4c82a	comment	Semper Fi: Averted. Although the Marines are famous for fighting in the Pacific, the novel centers on an army platoon.
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The Naked and the Dead / int_28cd01ca	type	Disappeared Dad
The Naked and the Dead / int_28cd01ca	comment	Disappeared Dad: Martinez enlists in the army to escape an unwanted pregnancy.
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The Naked and the Dead / int_2b14367f	type	Bring My Brown Pants
The Naked and the Dead / int_2b14367f	comment	Bring My Brown Pants: New Meat Hennessey soils himself during a mortar bombardment. When he leaves his foxhole to clean himself, he is killed by said mortar. The veterans Lampshade this with an oft-repeated expression, "Keep a tight ass-hole".
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The Naked and the Dead / int_2d6f00e4	type	Psycho for Hire
The Naked and the Dead / int_2d6f00e4	comment	Psycho for Hire: Croft again. It is revealed the first time he killed a man was during a riot when he was serving in the National Guard. The military and the war gives him an opportunity to act on his sadism without consequence.
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The Naked and the Dead / int_31c4280	type	Conscription
The Naked and the Dead / int_31c4280	comment	Conscription. Most of the soldiers are draftees.
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The Naked and the Dead / int_34dcfc96	type	Kick the Dog
The Naked and the Dead / int_34dcfc96	comment	As a look into Croft's character. He has a Kick the Dog moment when he gives a Japanese prisoner cigarettes and chocolate to taunt him into thinking he'll survive the war, then shoots him in cold blood.
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The Naked and the Dead / int_3ed17fe0	type	Wide-Eyed Idealist
The Naked and the Dead / int_3ed17fe0	comment	Wide-Eyed Idealist: Toglio. Unerringly patriotic, thinks the platoon are all "good old boys" and argues with Red about the war. He is shot in the elbow and sent home. Red cynically remarks he'll probably end up on a bond tour.note For those unfamiliar with the lingo, a cross-country tour to raise funds for the war efforts, using veterans making speeches for extra appeal.
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The Naked and the Dead / int_40cc0c7e	type	Bittersweet Ending
The Naked and the Dead / int_40cc0c7e	comment	Bittersweet Ending: Hearn is dead, Croft and Cummings get away with their crimes and the platoon are implied to be taking part in the Battle of the Philippines. That been said, Croft and Cummings are at least somewhat humbled, the platoon earn some pride from being able to almost make it to the top of Mount Anaka and there's no certainty they'll be killed in further combat.
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The Naked and the Dead / int_41dd77d	type	Zerg Rush
The Naked and the Dead / int_41dd77d	comment	Zerg Rush: The Japanese attack at the river. Truth in Television.
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The Naked and the Dead / int_43a045de	type	Dropped a Bridge on Him
The Naked and the Dead / int_43a045de	comment	Dropped a Bridge on Him: Hearn, who has perhaps the most detailed background and characterization, gets killed off quickly and unceremoniously. And Roth, who doesn't even get the somewhat "honor" of being killed in combat. He falls to his death because he fails to make it across a gap in Mount Anaka.
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The Naked and the Dead / int_4764ce3a	type	Military Moonshiner
The Naked and the Dead / int_4764ce3a	comment	Military Moonshiner: An unseen mess cook who sells three canteens to the platoon.
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The Naked and the Dead / int_47fea76b	type	Butt-Monkey
The Naked and the Dead / int_47fea76b	comment	Butt-Monkey: Roth is picked on the platoon, sometimes for his Jewishness, and others for his patheticness. Even his death is ridiculous; he tries to leap a gap in Mount Anaka and falls to his death.
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The Naked and the Dead / int_4d846bbb	type	Bearer of Bad News
The Naked and the Dead / int_4d846bbb	comment	Bearer of Bad News: Father Hogan to Gallagher.
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The Naked and the Dead / int_50b05d30	type	Disproportionate Retribution
The Naked and the Dead / int_50b05d30	comment	Disproportionate Retribution: Both Cummings and Croft target this against Hearn. Cummings, humiliated by the self-loathing he showed in front of Hearn and irritated when Hearn soils his tent floor with a cigarette, sends him to the platoon for the patrol. Croft, humiliated when Hearn assumes command of the platoon and forces him to apologize for crushing Roth's bird, sends him to his death.
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The Naked and the Dead / int_54fdbff5	type	The Eeyore
The Naked and the Dead / int_54fdbff5	comment	The Eeyore: Roth is easily depressed and very pessimistic.
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The Naked and the Dead / int_55232afa	type	Politically Incorrect Hero
The Naked and the Dead / int_55232afa	comment	Politcally Incorrect Anti-Hero: Gallagher most notably, and several other characters. Ridges, for example, displays some racial prejudice.
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The Naked and the Dead / int_5f60b45a	type	In Harm's Way
The Naked and the Dead / int_5f60b45a	comment	In Harm's Way: Croft loves combat.
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The Naked and the Dead / int_6383a034	type	The Mutiny
The Naked and the Dead / int_6383a034	comment	The Mutiny: The Platoon, led by Red, when Croft makes them climb Mount Anaka and Roth falls to his death. Croft threatens Red with his M-1, Red realises that Croft masterminded Hearn's death and backs down.
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The Naked and the Dead / int_7453bc5b	type	Spared by the Adaptation
The Naked and the Dead / int_7453bc5b	comment	Spared by the Adaptation: Hearn
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The Naked and the Dead / int_7a143509	type	Shell-Shocked Veteran
The Naked and the Dead / int_7a143509	comment	Shell-Shocked Veteran: Martinez appears to be turning into one. He's one of the most experienced soldiers in the platoon, but he is constantly on edge and full of self-doubt, has bad dreams and harmless noises set him on edge.
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The Naked and the Dead / int_7fbb13bf	type	Unfriendly Fire
The Naked and the Dead / int_7fbb13bf	comment	Unfriendly Fire: Croft manipulates Hearn's death by deliberately sending him into an enemy ambush, neglecting to mention the machine gun covering the route. He threatens to do the same to Red when he mutinies.
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The Naked and the Dead / int_8560c16f	type	Fatal Family Photo
The Naked and the Dead / int_8560c16f	comment	Fatal Family Photo: Croft once captures a Japanese soldier. Croft first treats him so nicely, that he ends up showing him a picture of his family. Croft then shoots him in the head. No photos are shown, but Roth and Wilson, both married father's, are killed off. In an Inversion, Gallagher's wife dies in childbirth, but Gallagher survives. Averted with Goldstein, who shows a photo of his son to Gallagher, but survives.
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The Naked and the Dead / int_87bb6874	type	Villain with Good Publicity
The Naked and the Dead / int_87bb6874	comment	Villain with Good Publicity: Cummings.
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The Naked and the Dead / int_96b89043	type	Not So Above It All
The Naked and the Dead / int_96b89043	comment	Not So Above It All: Croft cracks a few jokes and, despite his straight-laced nature, gets drunk with the other soldiers on moonshine.
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The Naked and the Dead / int_9b1e50bd	comment	During the War
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The Naked and the Dead / int_a0ce7213	type	My Girl Back Home
The Naked and the Dead / int_a0ce7213	comment	My Girl Back Home: Several of the platoon, and they worry incessently about them cheating.
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The Naked and the Dead / int_a1ca3743	type	Believing Their Own Lies
The Naked and the Dead / int_a1ca3743	comment	Believing Their Own Lies: After Wyman loses his grip on a some equipment he's hauling up a hill and denies responsibility due to fear of Croft, he spends a moment thinking he really is blameless. Martinez lies to Hearn about the presence of Japanese soldiers in a pass because Croft ordered bun to, but later denies responsibility and insists that he told Hearn the truth and Hearn ignored him and lied to the rest of the platoon (something a skeptical Red eventually calls Martinez out on). His desire to bury his guilt and responsibility for the patrol going into dangerous territory and multiple people dying make Martinez start to believe the lie he's telling.
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The Naked and the Dead / int_a3cdf764	type	Drinking on Duty
The Naked and the Dead / int_a3cdf764	comment	Drinking on Duty: The platoon getting drunk in the rear camp. Wilson ends up drinking on guard, and shoots a .30 cal into a bush, which gets him chewed out by Croft.
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The Naked and the Dead / int_a592ad9a	type	The Noun and the Noun
The Naked and the Dead / int_a592ad9a	comment	The Noun and the Noun
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The Naked and the Dead / int_a70223	type	Karma Houdini
The Naked and the Dead / int_a70223	comment	Karma Houdini: Croft. Also Cummings, who is humiliated when Dalleson wins the campaign by accident, but mentioned in dispatches as the victor nonetheless. Nonetheless, this is somewhat punishment for Cummings, as it is a major blow to his ego, and Croft has learned he has limits to his power.
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The Naked and the Dead / int_a754fa9a	comment	Instant Death Bullet: Averted when Wilson finally dies of his stomach wound after an agonising haul through the jungle. Played straight with Hearn.
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The Naked and the Dead / int_a7faec8e	comment	Written Sound Effect: Used to describe the sounds of battle. BEE-YOWWW, BEE-YOWWWW! BAA-ROWWMM, BAA-ROWWMM.
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The Naked and the Dead / int_a863ef67	type	Cultured Warrior
The Naked and the Dead / int_a863ef67	comment	Cultured Warrior: Cummings and Hearn often discuss politics and philosophy amongst themselves.
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The Naked and the Dead / int_a8660c25	type	Soft-Spoken Sadist
The Naked and the Dead / int_a8660c25	comment	Soft-Spoken Sadist: Croft and Cummings rarely raise their voices.
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The Naked and the Dead / int_aec3e0b8	type	Glory Hound
The Naked and the Dead / int_aec3e0b8	comment	Glory Hound: Sergeant Croft and General Cummings both fit this role, though Croft is the foul-playing war-lover, whereas Cummings is part of the Armchair Military. Cummings believed war can be calculated with a formula, whereas Croft is just bloodthirsty. Either way, they're both out for glory regardless of the cost, and both attempt to send Lieutenant Hearn, one of the protagonists, to his death. They are successful. Cummings assigns Hearn to Croft's squad, and Croft sends Hearn ahead to lead the group, and he gets killed in an ambush because Croft deliberately failed to tell him that he was walking towards a machine gun. Stanley is also constantly looking for a promotion by brown-nosing.
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The Naked and the Dead / int_af921409	type	Accidental Marriage
The Naked and the Dead / int_af921409	comment	Accidental Marriage: Wilson woke up married after one drunken night. He wasn't bothered by it; he stayed with his wife and had a child with her, though continued to sleep with other women as well.
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The Naked and the Dead / int_b4fce1ab	type	Obfuscating Insanity
The Naked and the Dead / int_b4fce1ab	comment	Obfuscating Insanity: Minetta feigns madness in an attempt to get a Section 8. The doctor calls him out on it and he is sent back to the fighting.
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The Naked and the Dead / int_b7c53a22	comment	Blood Knight: Croft, a villainous example, relishes killing enemy soldiers above all else.
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The Naked and the Dead / int_bb82c453	comment	Modern Major General: Averted with Cummings. Whatever his personality faults, he is a competent officer
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The Naked and the Dead / int_be991863	type	The Neidermeyer
The Naked and the Dead / int_be991863	comment	The Neidermeyer: The platoon views Hearn as this. In a Subversion, he is actually fairly competent if inexperienced, but the men just hate officers in general.
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The Naked and the Dead / int_beb9a361	type	Anti-Hero
The Naked and the Dead / int_beb9a361	comment	Anti-Hero: Pretty much every character, except for maybe Goldstein and Ridges, and Croft and Cummings who are straight-up villians.
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The Naked and the Dead / int_bec0417c	comment	Happily Married: Goldstein and his wife, Natalie as shown by his "Time Machine". Theirs is the only happy and harmonious marriage in the novel.
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The Naked and the Dead / int_bf609406	comment	New Meat: The replacements, and Hennessey.
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