How we cite our quotes: All quotations are from Platoon.
Quote #4
TAYLOR: A civil war in the platoon, half the men with Elias, half with Barnes… I can't believe we're fighting each other.
A little family quarrel is expected from time to time, but the family feud here is definitely imbued with much more serious consequences. We're not talking about a brother who won't talk to his sister, but guys that are actually at war—"fighting with"—with each other instead of the enemy.
Quote #5
TAYLOR: The war is over for me now, but it will always be there, the rest of my days, as I'm sure Elias will be, fighting with Barnes for what Rhah called possession of my soul. There are times since when I have felt like a child born of those two fathers…
Taylor is very much the child of Barnes and Elias, his two "fathers." Taylor shares Elias' overall perspective, but he finishes his tour in Vietnam by doing something Barnes would have done (he kills Barnes, much as Barnes had killed Elias). Although Taylor kills one of his fathers (Barnes), that fathers' influence persists in the act itself.