The Moon Is Down: The Effects Of War

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became silent waiting for revenge. "Now it was
the conqueror was surrounded, the men of the battalion alone among silent
enemies, and no man might relax his guard for even a moment" (65). The
soldiers now have only each other to talk to and Tonder longed to go home.
"The men of the battalion came to detest the place they had conquered,...
and gradually a little fear began to grow in the conquerors, a fear that it
would never be over" (65-66). In war, as time goes on fear begins to
settle on soldiers. "Thus it came about that the conquerors grew afraid of
the conquered and their nerves wore thin and they shot at shadows in the
night" (66-67). Tonder starts to doubt the honesty of his fellow Germans
Tonder says, "If anything happened- at home, I mean - do you think they
would let us know...well, I would like to get out of this god-forsaken
hole!" (70-71). Tonder felt at first that this town had nice, pleasant
people but as time moved on, he changed his views. "These people! ...

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Clancy states, "Annie scalds some soldiers on the rear porch, and Lanser
excuses her conduct in an effect to get Mayor Orden's cooperation" (103).
Lanser doesn't understand why all people don't follow orders. He as a
soldier is expected to carry our and follow orders. His life as a Colonel
would be simple if everyone followed orders. He hoped in his mind that
this war would not be like the last war. "Lanser told himself he was a
soldier, given orders to carry out ... he tried to put aside the sick
memories of the other war and the certainty that this would be the same"
(27). The people being invaded will not cooperate and therefore Colonel
Lanser's job will be difficult. ...

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