Personally I feel sympathetic for Pyle as I can imagine that the situation he is in is terrible but I align with the Core and ultimately give my allegiance to them. I understand that by using certain shot types Kubrick is trying to force a connection between the spectators and the group other than Pyle and portraying him as a threat to the core. Pyle is constantly shown to be a burden to the group, whether he isn't able to do an obstacle or Joker is forced to help him. In the scene with the core running through the mud Pyle is positioned in the middle of the shot at the front, so when he falls over he brings the whole group down with this. The slow motion also emphasises this as we get to watch the group fail because of Pyle.
The film is edited in a way that shows Pyle failing, getting punished and then him in the core again, over and over. It is only until the jelly doughnut scene that we get to see the core getting severely punished for his actions, after that the core are forced to teach him a lesson by beating him with the soap. In the scene we are forced to align with the group as Pyle is shot in a low angle so we are within the group rather than with Pyle. Pyle also looks alone in the shot as he is the only person standing up and he is being rewarded and the core punished for his actions. Hartman does this because he knows that without the right "motivation" Pyle will always slow down the group and stop their progression.
The soap beating scene is the tipping point for Pyle and after it he is shown to be a mechanical killing machine. He looks much darker than usual and his facial expressions are disturbing. As Joker decides to join in with the group he gives allegiance to the core and therefore Pyle is the outcast. After this scene we are forced to pledge our allegiance to the group rather than Pyle.
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