All I do know is that this business about professions and studies and salaries and so on—it makes me sick, it is and always was disgusting. I don’t see anything at all, Albert.” What do these lines of dialogue reveal about Paul? He does not understand the way jobs and business work. He cannot think of a profitable post-war job for himself. He does not see the point in having a normal job. He prefers to stay in the army during peace-time.