By fighting in World War I, Septimus witnessed a lot of bad situations, and he had to put it behind him to survive. If he let every bad situation get to him, he would not have returned home completely, but there was one event that occurred during the war that ruined Septimus. The death of his friend Evans corrupted, Septimus’ will to survive after returning back home Evans was Septimus’ wartime officer, they were inseparable, and Evans death haunts Septimus. Septimus had moments of screaming Evans’ name out loud, and he would see Evans. Septimus would frighten people around him with the outbursts, and he cried, “Evans, Evans!” (Woolf, 103). Septimus’ fallen friend would appear to him and only him, so people saw Septimus as a strange person
