Quote from chapters 4&5

On the 9th day, the hobo died. So it goes. His last words were, "You think this is bad? This ain't bad." pg. 100

1) I think this is a very solom quote and showed the severity of the war. It also showed that as was previously said that the hobo was just trying to make himself feel better by trying to make the situation that bad.
2) This quote showed how tragic the war the war really was and how delusional some of the soldiers were. Even in death the hobo believed that it really wasn't that bad and that he had been in worse situations. Maybe he had but he had lived though it.
3) In other war books or movies i've seen some of the same ideas. Such as if the charicters are in a really dier situation they will try to lighten the mood even if there is very little hope. I think thats what the hobo was trying to do.