While Robert is leading his men forward through the muddy war grounds he hears noises. As he walks forward leaving his men behind he is engulfed in mud up to his waist. Trying to twist himself out of the mud he only sank further. Robert is so scared that his hearts pumping and the thought of death in his mind. This is the first time in the novel where Robert feels as if he is going to die. But after a few more minutes he manages to pull himself free of the muddy hole of doom and save himself. The classic near death experience happens to a lot of people and they are almost never the same after going through the trauma of seeing your life flash before your eyes. I can relate to this I have almost died once in my lifetime which involved me almost drowning in lake Ontario after I flipped my jet ski.This novel is all about Robert trying to save himself from the very start. He tries to save himself from the pain and heartbreak of his little sister by joining with the Canadian Forces only to realise that war is no place for someone who is already slightly mentally unstable. All of the atrocities in war that you can physically smell, touch, taste, hear and see can start to drive a person to insanity. War is no place to forget your problems it will most likely remind you of them and make things a whole lot worse in the long run with all the horrible sightings you may have to endure, which Robert does indeed.
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