All Quiet on the Western Front

why do the men joke around about death

Why do the men Joke Around about death? 

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Joking about death is a way to takesome of  the stress out of combat. If they did not speak of death, which was a probablity, the tension woud drive them insane. Joking about death gave them a way to deal with death.