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The novel focuses on three main characters: Andrews, a young composer who finally revolts against the war's deadening regimentaion; Christfield, an Indiana farm boy who chants the words 'make the world safe for democracy: to himself in a futile attempt to block out the noises and terrors of battle; and Fuselli, a clerk who clings to the dream of becoming a corporal despite the mockery of his fellow soldiers. Required to renounce their individuality and to conform with unquestioning obedience, each one, in different ways, is inceradicably scarred be the dehumanizing effects of war.
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