Only one of the three survives physically intact, but all of them emerge irrevocably changed.This ambitious drama displays the reasons for the protagonists, all believers in the American dream, to leave home for the conflict overseas: to test and prove their manhood, to show their friendship-solidarity, and to demonstrate their patriotism, etc.female issues and a battle of the sexes, and an examination of sex-role stereotyping.[It was surely a case with conflict of interest and would have been entirely inappropriate in the real-world.The Mother""s Fortunes:The inter-title stated: "The woman - now a star of great prominence." The Woman had become a successful opera singer with great material success.After a recent performance, she had received a large floral arrangement with a congratulatory note: "Congratulations on your performance last night." As he became turned on by the images of the bikinied mother in the family""s home movies, he was also aroused by Reba next to him, as she said: "It""s so important to be prepared" - and then was impressed when she touched his stimulated crotch, and moved lower to offer him fellatio (off-screen).