Urgayle is simply a complex man. — Stephen Burt, author of Close Calls with Nonsense: Reading New Poetry His two varied, readings of the poem mark his growth as a man. The human soul aspires to be something less human, less weakly, and more godly. This is important because this is where the audience is introduced to the protagonist’s foil for the first time. A philosophic comparison and contrast of man to beast means a human must put brackets around his feelings and reduce his emotions so that he never feels self-pity.How do we know this? The ending of the movie, juxtaposes singer Chrissy Hynde’s melodious voice with Mortensen’s re-reading of the poem, and the effect is strong. He is a thoughtful man, and he is a willful man. The movie ends with the character, Navy SEAL Master Chief John Urgayle reciting D.H. Lawrence’s poem titled, “Self-Pity”. We now know Urgayle is a sensitive man while simultaneously being a person who was capable of violence. Jane (1997) Trivia.
A fundamental part of intelligent behavior is planning.GI Jane: I Never Saw a Wild Thing Feel Sorry for Itself A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough without ever having felt sorry for itself. The director’s camerawork is the clue. In some sense he is passing the mantle to her.
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A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough without ever having felt sorry for itself. How odd then, that to survive in the world of warfare, arms and men, a ‘warrior’ must become like an animal in that animals do not feel sorry for themselves. Most military movies with this kind of defining scene has an actor recite a cliché laden speech. We must either like or hate the Master Chief in order to sympathize with the journey GI Jane is taking.
The medal the Chief leaves in the poetry book at the end of the movie is the Navy Cross, the second highest award for valor in combat.
What can this tell us about Urgayle? He suffered from tuberculosis. It was here that the actor Mortensen suggested injecting a short poem by D. H. Lawrence titled, “I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself…” into the movie.This was an interesting decision on Scott’s part to allow Mortensen to do this because it allowed the audience to see the rich depths of Urgayle’s character. He has become a Master Chief; someone who disciplined his body enough to become elite in the Navy warrior ranks, while at the same moment being a dreamer. D.H. Lawrence, known for his feelings of conflict and anxiety, his desire to express what he felt about the natural, phenomenal world, and his comprehensive effort to partake of community while at the same time feeling like an exasperated outsider was an interesting addition to Mortensen’s role. Directed by Ridley Scott. Yup: it'...In his recent London Review of Books essay on Anne Carson's latest book Nox —a scrapbooky, fold-out accordion collage poem assembled ...A couple of weeks ago, P&PC noticed that The Expen- dables —Sylvester Stallone's 2010 testos- terone-filled vehicle for a fraternit...Jane Austen has met the zombie.