Answer:
He had lived a very long time with death and was a little
detached. We were all a little detached, and there was nothing that held us together except that we met every afternoon at the hospital
We felt held together by there being something that had happened that they, the people who disliked us, did not understand
Explanation:
The first sentence describes how the war affected the men psychologically as they had all stayed with death for too long and were detached, in a way from their immediate surrounding with the only thing holding them together being the visits to the hospital.
The second sentence that reflect the theme of psychological alienation caused by war was the statement about being held together and not being understood by the people who disliked them.
Answer:
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