Pvt. Witt

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Year 2: Week 12

Pencil

I can't begin to tell you the amount of warmth and admiration I have for the film

The Thin Red Line

. There are so many bits of

dialogue

that touch on the meanings of life and conflict. It speaks to the wars that are between us as well as the ones within us.

Private Witt, as played by

James Caviezel:

"This great evil. Where does it come from? How'd it steal into the world? What seed, what root did it grow from? Who's doin' this? Who's killin' us? Robbing us of life and light. Mockin' us with the sight of what we might've known. Does our ruin benefit the earth? Does it help the grass to grow, the sun to shine? Is this darkness in you, too? Have you passed through this night?"