A soldier can secretly resent the rescue he consciously hopes for

Evidence

Yet if French troops had appeared on the road just then, if some reinforcement had come to the rescue, he would have felt cheated. — Julien Gracq, Balcony in the Forest, 441

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Julien Gracq, Balcony in the Forest, 441
• XREF: connects to: Soldiers under fire feel punished rather than merely endangered — Julien Gracq, Balcony in the Forest, 468; Soldiers can experience wartime as sheltered idyll rather than danger — Julien Gracq, Balcony in the Forest, 47; Wartime disorientation can dissolve into a feeling of self-sufficient freedom rather than fear — Julien Gracq, Balcony in the Forest, 423

Library Connections

• Wartime disorientation can dissolve into a feeling of self-sufficient freedom rather than fear #expands (0.80) — Julien Gracq, Balcony in the Forest, 423

Broader Connections

• Soldiers can experience wartime as sheltered idyll rather than danger #expands (0.75) — Julien Gracq, Balcony in the Forest, 47