Bring on the tough stuff. There’s not just one right answer.
- The two main characters in this movie sacrifice love for a higher, patriotic cause. Do you think you could or would do this? If so, under what circumstances?
- At what point in the movie does Sgt. Warden become one of the good guys?
- To what extent is Maggio a victim, and to what extent does he provoke the wrath of his superiors?
- How does the Pearl Harbor attack change the main characters? Do they react to the attack differently?
- Is Alma/Lorene's goal of having a proper life instead of marrying Prewitt a good one? Why or why not?
- Why doesn't Warden want to become an officer and marry Karen Holmes?
- What do you think Karen Holmes was thinking when she originally married the villainous Captain Holmes?
- Why won't Prewitt give into "The Treatment"? What would he lose by doing it?
- Do you think the flower garlands at the end of the movie will float back to Hawaii or out to sea? (Karen Holmes says that if they float back toward the islands, the two women will return someday. If they don't, they won't.)