The Strange One

Jocko De Paris is an upperclassman at southern U.S. military college. As a platoon leader, he is generally well respected by the officers and the other cadets, the freshmen in particular who must obey his orders as a leader and upperclassman. He is also seen as overly tough on his charges. However, he is a sadist, initiating hazing rituals carried out by his fellow upperclassman Harold Koble against lowerclassmen, using fear and intimidation for them to keep quiet, despite those lowerclassmen knowing that they could be expelled for following illegal orders. Jocko also does not hesitate to direct his psychological torture against any of the other upperclassmen for whatever reason, his victims who sometimes don't even know what he's done to them until after all is said and done. Jocko does whatever he needs to to protect himself. One of those late-night hazing rituals, which involved two freshmen, leads to another upperclassman, George Avery Jr. - the son of Major George Avery, one of the college's officers - being expelled, though he did nothing wrong. The two freshmen victims of that hazing are Simmons, a milquetoast with strict Christian morals, and Robert Marquales, who quietly accepts what is happening to him. While Major Avery is sure that his son did nothing wrong, and goes about trying to get anyone to provide evidence to that end, some of De Paris' victims may end up developing consciences, reporting De Paris at the risk of expulsion for all those in the know.