changed and evidently it did not matter whether i was there or not The comment hints at a view that there may be no significance to living at all. At another time, Henry pronounces that " we did not do the things we wanted to do we never did such things. Here he argues that life itself prevents a person from doing what he wishes Many things can be discovered about Catherine in her first conversation with Henry She tells that she had a fiance she was engaged to for eight years, at which point he went into the war and died: he was killed and that was the end of it. Henry's " I don't know which follows her tale expresses his uncertainty regarding the existence of an after life contrast. Catherine is sure there is none That' s the end of it. she assures him Catherine expresses regret that she didn't marry him because she was afraid of the consequences, but now realizes the meaninglessness of the consequences. Life, tochanged and "evidently it did not matter whether I was there or not." The comment hints at a view that there may be no significance to living at all. At another time, Henry pronounces that "we did not do the things we wanted to do; we never did such things." Here he argues that life itself prevents a person from doing what he wishes. Many things can be discovered about Catherine in her first conversation with Henry. She tells that she had a fiancé she was engaged to for eight years, at which point he went into the war and died: "he was killed and that was the end of it." Henry's "I don't know" which follows her tale expresses his uncertainty regarding the existence of an afterlife. In contrast, Catherine is sure there is none: "That's the end of it," she assures him. Catherine expresses regret that she didn't marry him because she was afraid of the consequences, but now realizes the meaninglessness of the consequences. Life, to