In the movie "Saving Private Ryan, Private Timothy E. Upham joins the team as a translator without combat experience. He is a naive, more sensitive and inexperienced soldier. Was he a coward? He was frozen when he saw the mortal dagger fight between his team member Mellish and the SS soldier. Upham had the opportunity to shoot the SS Soldier and save Private Mellish. But due to confusion and inability to make discussions in extreme situations Upham did nothing and Mellish was stabbed to death. Killing a Nazi was a moral challenge for him.
Upham went out of his way and demanded his teammates and Captain Miller not to kill the POW Steamboat Willie . Then he was set free and Steamboat Willie was able to rejoin with a team of SS soldiers. In the final battle when Upham came to know that Steamboat Willie shot Captain Miller, a transformation began and innocence was lost. Without a hesitation Upham kills Steamboat Willie and becomes a real combat soldier.
Upham is a complicated character and we cannot judge him.
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