Baumer is now the only surviving soldier of his seven classmates. He has experienced loss in a way most men his age will never experience. It is because of his experiences in the war that Baumer fears of what would happen if he were to return home now. He believes that there is no way he will fit in with the other men his age as all of the young soldiers, such as Baumer, never had the chance to live a normal, adult civilian life. He feels that "the generation that has grown up after them will be strange to them and push them aside."
Baumer feels quite hopeless and feels that he has nothing left to lose. This causes him to be more careless with his actions on the battle field.
Baumer is killed in action in October 1918.
With Calvin Smith: http://ge110calvinsm.blogspot.com/
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