“In working with the wounded at Gallipoli, the lead character comments, “Perhaps life was the nightmare and death the awakening.”
“A nightmare might force you awakened. The tough life might force you awakened.”
“Men dislike being awakened from their death in life.”
“The belief in death leads meditating about life; meanwhile, the belief in life leads you thinking about death.”
“...the character's failure to move with the times leads to death, suggesting the anachronistic nature of this [hyper/stereotypical] type of masculinity.”
“...one opportunity leads directly to another, just as risk leads to more risk, life to more life, and death to more death.”