How we cite our quotes: All quotations are from From Here to Eternity.
Quote #4
LORENE: What's "The Treatment"?
PREWITT: Some of the guys putting me over the jumps because I won't fight.
LORENE: Fight?
PREWITT: Yeah. On the boxing team. I don't want to box. I don't even want to think about it. I don't want to think about it. And they make me think about it. Every day.
Prewitt's avoiding boxing for principled reasons—he accidentally blinded a friend in the ring and lost his taste for fighting. So, this is another thing he's continually reminded of by "The Treatment."
Quote #5
HOLMES: What's the matter with you, Prewitt? You know better than to talk back to a non-commissioned officer.
PREWITT: Yes, sir. But I have never liked being spit at, not even by a non-commissioned officer.
HOLMES: You owe Sergeant Galovitch an apology.
PREWITT: I don't think so. Sergeant Galovitch owes me an apology.
Prewitt's speaking truth to power here. Unfortunately, Holmes isn't nearly as principled or courageous as Prewitt—being the man who's orchestrating his persecution in the first place.