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This narrative following young men that volunteered for service in WW1 Germany has already depicted the mental strain war and life in the military can have on the mind of young men.

The day-to-day life is also shown with some comedic relief: “Kat turns his eyes to heaven, lets off a mighty fart, and say meditatively: Every little bean must be heard as well as seen.”

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“The greater ‘we’ could absorb a few unpunished criminals, but not unpunished extra-legal justice.” He proved that it was equally true if the disregard was by a ruler or by a people.
“It spreads like a disease and it’s infinitely more deadly when the law is disregarded by men pretending to act for justice than when it’s simply inefficient, or even than when its elected administrators are crooked.”

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“What would you say real justice was, Bill?“
“It’s seeing that everybody gets what’s coming to him, that’s what it is…”
“If we go and hang two-three men, without doing what the law says, then by the same law, we’re not officers of justice, but due to hang. Our crime’s worse than a murderer’s. His act puts him outside the law, but keeps the law intact. Ours would weaken the law.”