I am alone. My heart beats only for myself. The strikers mean nothing to me. I have nothing in common with the mob, nor with individuals. I am a cold person. In the war I did not feel I was part of my company. We all lay in the same mud and waited for the same death. But I could think only about my own life and death. I would step over corpses and it oftened saddened me that I could feel no pain.

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Themes

  • Alone — Solitude, independence, and the experience of being alone
  • War — Reflections on conflict, peace, and the human cost of war

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