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Understanding Private Robert E. Lee Prewitt’s Identity Crisis in “From Here to Eternity”

[Major Spoilers to James Jones’ “From Here to Eternity” (1951)] Private Robert E. Lee Prewitt is at a significant point in his enlistment. He willfully transfers out of his unit in the U.S. Army after a boxing incident and decides to quit fighting. In Prewitt’s time, competitive boxing is common in the U.S. Army. Units…