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(1965) in which Stephen Richards Rojack kills four German machine-gunners with his .30 caliber M1 carbine. Portentously set under a full moon, | (1965) in which Stephen Richards Rojack kills four German machine-gunners with his .30 caliber M1 carbine. Portentously set under a full moon, | ||
the episode illustrates Rojack’s capacity for lethal violence and his perception | the episode illustrates Rojack’s capacity for lethal violence and his perception | ||
that murder has a sexual aspect to it (Mailer | that murder has a sexual aspect to it ({{sfn|Mailer|1965|p=3-6}}. Yet, in a later | ||
passage in the New England woods with his wife Deborah, he is shamed by | passage in the New England woods with his wife Deborah, he is shamed by | ||
her superior ability to hunt small animals with a .22 rifle, another of the | her superior ability to hunt small animals with a .22 rifle, another of the | ||