Contemporary because of 20th century
Boredom, he expresses it by saying it is the caprice of a pampered man.
It focuses on the alienation one feels when he is in a different
environment as well the feelings that he can’t express regarding an incident
where something happened. Nick is also
trying to find himself in this new situation where people get hurt or get
killed. He identifies himself more with
the major and the boy because they do not talk much about their wounds and
their medals. He also shares the same
cynical view that the treatments will make things better.
The Socs and the Greasers they have a whole different way of life
