The unknown and dirty secrets that the Marine Corps cover from society discloses as the novel continues on. The leading cause of these immoral and violent actions come from a core problem, alcohol. In one study, it proves that alcohol causes divorce and dispute between 2 individuals. "Marriages in which only one spouse drank heavily — having six or more drinks or drinking until intoxicated — ended in divorce 50 percent of the time." (Caba 2) Caba writes on the influence alcohol can have on a marriage. Caba backs up his statements with a study that the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse funded. Opinions differ on alcohol, but alcohol may be considered ne of the gifts from God. In the book of Ecclesiastes it states, “Go, eat your bread in joy,
