Some of the officers antagonize the ordinary soldiers. Firstly, the officers joke and threaten the ordinary soldiers. When the soldiers were marching to the front line for the first time, Fry’s shoe didn’t fit and was causing him pain, he fell down causing a holdup for people behind him, his officer, Clark, teased him, “Here sergeant, stick a bayonet up his behind.” (8). Teasing to stick a blade up someone’s behind, is not nice, and has no positive effect on getting Fry to move, it is bullying. Secondly, they use their power to cause pain and suffering for the soldiers. For example, the men were out on rest, Clark didn’t like the way Brown was doing things, so he yelled at Brown, ‘Brownie stood erect and glared. … he ordered Brown’s name to
