The first of the wounded they picked up that night was young. Maybe nineteen years old. His tunic, soaked through with blood, had turned purple. It was the only thing holding him together. "Mother," cried the boy. "Mother." "Run, kid, run," yelled the stretcher-bearer. This time Charlie gave no thought to his head bouncing over the top of the trench. He just ran. . . . "I hates it when they does that," said the stretcher-bearer, who plunked himself down on a crate and fished around his tunic for cigarettes. "Does what?" "Calls out for their mother. Means they are going to die." Charlie slumped down, his back pressed up against the mud wall of the trench. "Is it always like this?"
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1. This excerpt may be important because it shows how many people want to see their mother right before they die.
1. This is important because it shows how much people love their mother and because this shows Charlie that when people are like this, they aren't likely to be able to be alive.
2. An excerpt that I liked is the last chapter. I liked this excerpt because it was very well written. It is important because it is the end of the book and Charlie came home.
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