Perhaps no character epitomizes this balancing act better than Mellish.
For a Jewish soldier like Mellish, coming face-to-face with a symbol of this poisonous ideology is understandably affecting.
There is an obvious surface symbolism to this scene.
On one level,it speaks to Mellish’s Jewishnessand his personal investment in the fight against the Nazis.
For a Jewish soldier like Mellish, coming face-to-face with a symbol of this poisonous ideology is understandably affecting.
This is not the only example of Mellish’s Jewishness affecting his behavior.
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However, beyond this, there are several other explanations behind the deliberately enigmatic scene.
Again, this interpretation is supported by circumstantial evidence.
Mellish makes a joke and then reacts tearfully, indicating his emotional personality.
Horvath focuses on gathering sand from the beach a ritual he has conducted in every country he’s visited.
There are other mitigating factors that add to the emotional maelstrom.
He is also one of the few members of Miller’s team that displays multiple sides to his personality.
This all plays out while Upham crouches on the stairs outside, paralyzed by fear.
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