The guilt of Lieutenant Jimmy Cross

One of the most impactful parts of the book is the amount of guilt that Jimmy Cross feels after Ted Lavender dies. "He felt shame. He hated himself. He had loved Martha more than his men, and as a consequence Lavender was now dead, and this was something that he would have to carry like a stone in his stomach for the rest of the war" (16). I feel that this part is very important because it illustrates the emotional impact that many of the soldiers felt during the war, and the relationship between the battlefield and home.