How we cite our quotes: Citations follow this format: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
[Dr. Stubbs]: "I used to get a big kick out of saving people's lives. Now I wonder what the hell's the point, since they all have to die anyways." (10.47)
Dr. Stubbs shows apathy for his career. What used to be rewarding has now become futile.
Quote #8
"Sir," said the chaplain, "some of the men are very upset since you raised the number of missions to sixty. They've asked me to speak to you about it."
The colonel was silent. The chaplain's face reddened to the roots of his sandy hair as he waited. The colonel kept him squirming a long time with a fixed, uninterested look devoid of emotion.
"Tell them there's a war going on," he advised finally in a flat voice. (19.72-74)
The Colonel is numb to the emotions of his men; he has no compassion for them and no concept of humanity. This reveals the distance between the enlisted men and their administration.
Quote #9
Nately felt himself at an embarrassing loss. His own girl sat sprawled out gracelessly on an overstuffed sofa with an expression of otiose boredom. Nately was unnerved by her torpid indifference to him, by the same sleepy and inert pose that he remembered so vividly, so sweetly, and so miserably from the first rime she had seen him […]. Her lax mouth hung open in a perfect O, and God alone knew at what her glazed and smoky eyes were staring in such brute apathy. (23.25)
Nately's prostitute is bored, even though her lover is there and wants her badly. She does not care for him or his desires. Her indifference to Nately embarrasses him.