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Violence
A lot
Military violence including beatings, stockade brutality, and eventually Pearl Harbor
Language
A lot
Strong language throughout in Jones's frank Army register
Sexual Content
A lot
Explicit adult sexual content including prostitution and military relationships
Substance Use
A lot
Heavy drinking is constant throughout; the Army drinking culture is integral to the novel
Emotional Intensity
A lot
The psychological weight of institutional violence — what the Army does to men's dignity and sense of self — is Jones's primary subject and the novel's enduring and disturbing power
What this book is about
James Jones's National Book Award-winning novel follows the soldiers of G Company in Hawaii in 1941, particularly Robert E. Lee Prewitt, who refuses to box for the company. Jones writes about military life with brutal honesty — the physical violence, sexual content, heavy drinking, and psychological damage of the pre-WWII Army are all depicted without softening. One of the great American war novels. For adult readers only.
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