Also recognizes his own insignificance in the grand scheme of life, underlining the tendency of readers to ask "Why should I care about this man's struggle when there are others out there" do they suffer too?” Subsequently, he describes his attempt to isolate himself from the rest of the world, to separate himself as much as possible from the nefarious and atrocious misdeeds of his more impressionable compatriots. In describing his personal experiences, from the hope of a better future to the excitement at the prospect of seeing his girlfriend again after such a long time apart, he also expresses the experiences of others living in the same period. Similar in their tendencies and feelings, all people living in Europe at the time most likely felt the same impulses and feelings as Haffner. Toward the end of the book, Haffner describes being enrolled in a boot camp specifically for clerks, judges, and lawyers in training. When he receives this message, it seems to upend his fantasy of a relatively normal life and distance him from the life he had so secretly built for himself. Describes the sensation as similar to the motivations behind a temper tantrum, unable to express the anger you feel except through the physical.