Part One: The War in Art Section A: Art at the Beginning ...

of the novel, almost every major character is dead, epitomizing the war’s devastating effect on the gen-eration of young men who were forced to fight it. T H E M E T H E M E of rats and decaying corpses and infested with lice. They frequently go without food and sleep, ade-quate clothing, or sufficient medical care. They are ................
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