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The narrator’s frustration helps readers understand what it is like to be a teenager. -A.
I'm confused, what is the ending of the question??
The story is told through the perspective of a narrator, as they follow the lieutenant's actions. The theme of "An Episode of War" is war itself, and how war doesn't discern between soldiers and innocent people. ( A man was shot while dividing coffee rations, rather then because he was fighting.)