Earlier, Hans wanted to believe that suffering ennobles the sufferer. Now, he insists that Joachim receive treatment to alleviate his suffering. This dissonance reveals Hans’s naivety and inexperience, as well as the superficial, tenuous nature of his ideals. At the end of the day, he fails to translate his abstract, hypothetical ideals into tangible action. Joachim, on the other hand, will have the chance to prove his unwavering commitment to his own ideals: he made a “fraudulent” exit from the Berghof to honor his duty as a soldier, and now he may pay for that act with his life.