The narrator states that he is ill-qualified to discuss the war. Despite the fact he spent the years between 1915 and 1917 in the infantry, he says his memories seem to have little to do with the campaigns and military actions reported by historians. All he remembers from his days of dodging bullets in the mud is sheer chaos and confusion. At the beginning of his military service, Dunstable recalls suffering greatly from homesickness, having never been away from Deptford before. He forms no friendships with the other members of the Second Canadian Division, although he would have liked to have a friend. He suffers from the intense boredom that accompanies the loss of all the pleasures that make life worth living. In training camp, he performs the routine chores that make up.....
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