Reality of War

There was one specific moment that I really thought was a good example of how war is represented today. On page 65, Billy and Weary, along with the other men, walked to Germany. It was considered a "fabulous victory" and there was two people there in fur coats to capture the moment. Billy and Weary were in the back of the line so the film had run out by the time they passed the cameramen. Then it said " One of them ( the cameramen) singled out Billy's face for a moment, then focused at infinity again. There was a tiny plume of smoke at infinity. There was a battle there. People were dying there. So it goes." I feel like when Kurt said , " then he focused on infinity again" he meant that this cameraman didn't have to live with the burden of war or guilt. Which kind of correlates with my last blog on Slaughter House five. I believe since this man is only there to capture the moment he probably doesn't have to worry about forgiving himself for the cruel actions he did during war. Therefore he is just staring into infinity or the infinite possibilities he feels for the world because he is so carefree. However, the next line, " There was a battle there. People were dying there. So it goes." In my opinion he is stating that even if the cameraman is pulling off like he is carefree and is always optimistic there is always pain. There will always be pain in everyone no matter how much one denies or acts like there isn't any. Which is just like how war is represented today. Through movies and the media we may only see the glorified version but there is always pain.