How Does War Change People

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Conor How does the war change people? “He was unprepared. Twenty-four years old and his heart wasn’t in it. Military matters meant nothing to him. He did not care one way or the other about the war, and he had no desire to command, and even after all these months in the bush, all the days and nights, even then he did not know enough to keep his men out of a shit field” (O'Brien 291). I feel like Jimmy Cross in the middle of the book was not into the military and that cloudy his leadership. Jimmy made rash decisions and for a great solider like Kiowa do die Cross didn't even have the decency to write a letter. I think Jimmy in beginning of the book really treated people Tim and Dave like people and now he just didn't care. Even time their

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