Just as Prince Andrei’s values get shaken up by his experiences on the battlefield, so do Rostov’s. While Andrei began to question the all-importance of personal glory in his life, Rostov finds his beloved Emperor demystified, disarmingly human. Like Andrei, he has the chance he’s been waiting for—to show his devotion to Alexander—but he can’t think of what to say, and the moment slips away from him. His hero isn’t the godlike figure he’s imagined, and war is mass chaos.