在某种程度上人很幸运，因为在医院外面战争仍在进行中。在世界各地，炸弹线的各个方面的男孩都为他们被告知的是自己的国家而奠定了自己的生活，而且似乎没有人介意，至少在所有正在抚养年轻生活的男孩中。看不见。
(In a way the C.I.D. man was pretty lucky, because outside the hospital the war was still going on.Men went mad and were rewarded with medals. All over the world, boys on every side of the bomb line were laying down their lives for what they had been told was their country, and no one seemed to mind, least of all the boys who were laying down their young lives. There was no end in sight.)
主角反思了战时士兵面临的局势的悲惨讽刺。 C.I.D.在医院找到避难所的男人与混乱爆发在墙壁之外的混乱形成鲜明对比。持续的冲突吞噬了无数的年轻人，他们在爱国主义的观念的驱使下毫不犹豫地牺牲了生命。战争的疯狂进一步加剧了，因为那些因战斗的恐怖而被授予精神错乱的人经常被授予奖牌，这意味着混乱的荣誉感。
这一评论突出了一个严峻的现实，即生活的神圣性被一场无情的战争所掩盖，造成了暴力和损失的循环。士兵们对命运的缺乏意识和冷漠，强调了他们困境的悲惨方面。当他们面对牺牲的悲惨徒劳时，很明显，战争对他们的生活产生了不可磨灭的影响，没有解决方案或和平。