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A bugler assigned to Robert Ross in Belgium. Though, like Robert, he is nineteen years old, Poole looks and sounds young for his age. He is described an “uncomplicated” and has an innocent demeanor that endears him to the other soldiers in the dugout at St. Eloi. After Robert is raped at Asile Desolé, Poole delivers him his missing kit bag and Robert wishes that he could embrace him.
Willie Poole Quotes in The Wars
The The Wars quotes below are all either spoken by Willie Poole or refer to Willie Poole. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Part 2, Chapter 3
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Poole said: “You needn’t worry about the Germans here, sir. They’re a long ways off yet. At least as much as two miles or more.”
Levitt said: “Oh.” He seemed somehow demoralized by this news. Perhaps he thought you weren’t in the war unless the enemy could shoot you. In this he was much like everyone else who’d just arrived. You weren’t a real soldier unless you were in jeopardy.
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Part 2, Chapter 4
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From the gap, when Robert’s eyes had cleared, he cast a single look back to where the man had been. He saw that the whole field was filled with floating shapes. The only sounds were the sounds of feeding and of wings. And of rafts.
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Willie Poole Quotes in The Wars
The The Wars quotes below are all either spoken by Willie Poole or refer to Willie Poole. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Part 2, Chapter 3
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Poole said: “You needn’t worry about the Germans here, sir. They’re a long ways off yet. At least as much as two miles or more.”
Levitt said: “Oh.” He seemed somehow demoralized by this news. Perhaps he thought you weren’t in the war unless the enemy could shoot you. In this he was much like everyone else who’d just arrived. You weren’t a real soldier unless you were in jeopardy.
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Part 2, Chapter 4
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From the gap, when Robert’s eyes had cleared, he cast a single look back to where the man had been. He saw that the whole field was filled with floating shapes. The only sounds were the sounds of feeding and of wings. And of rafts.
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