Saving Pritvate Ryan

Courage-The men running on the beach at the beginning of the movie knowing that they were running in to heavy machine gun fire.

Manhood-When Ryan wouldn't leave his company to go home. Instead of being out of harm and going home he stayed and fought.

Self-preservation-Some of the soldiers at the beach when they got on the beach they hid behind some metal things so that the machine guns couldn't hit them.

Disregard for Human Life-When the German soldier stabs the American guy in the heart even though he was telling him to stop.

Noise and Silence-When they are in the heat of battle it is so loud that they can't hear what each other are saying. At the end when Tom Hanks is sitting there after the bomb blew up the building behind him. Everything goes silent and he just looks around.

Light and Dark-They do most of their fighting during the day and they slept at the church with candles at night.

Clean and Dirty-When it first shows them when they are about to land on the beach everyone's face is clean since they haven't fought yet. Then at the end of the movie everyone's faces are very dirty from all of the fighting they have done.

Youth and Maturity-Upham just sat on the stairs when he knew that one of his friends was getting stabbed by a German. Then at the end when he takes some Germans hostage he sees the German soldier they let go and he kills him because the German said his name and thought he wouldn't be shoot.

The Dead Soldier-At the beginning of the movie after they have taken over the beach the camera zooms to a dead soldier and you can read Private Ryan on his back. This leads toward the story line of the movie and trying to save the last Ryan brother.

The Flag-It symbols that is what they gave their lives to protect. At the end it shows the American flag after Ryan asks his wife if he lead a good life.

Henry-Upham
Wilson-The American soldier that wanted to leave but didn't and fought very hard.
Tattered Soldier-the wounded men at the camp
Lieutenant-Tom Hanks