about face and principles

Colonel Nicholson had been insisting from the beginning that the officers could not do manual labor, which he told Saito because it was stipulated by the Geneva Convention. In fact, the more important reason is that you can't force me to do what I don't want to do: that means, if you ask me to do it, I will do it, so how much of a shame do I have? (Except for military orders, of course) And the pact here just gives Nicholson no reason to follow military orders. We can clearly see that when Nicholson was solely responsible for the construction of the bridge later, he not only made all the officers participate in manual labor, but even the Japanese threatened to arrest the strong man in the sickbed himself - of course, not you now Forced, I voluntarily.
Speaking of Japanese saito, he is also a good-natured person. On the one hand, he was anxiously waiting for Nicholson's submission with his binoculars in the room. On the other hand, when his subordinates entered the door, he hurriedly ran to the table and sat down under the pretense of calmness. Later, I compromised under the pressure of time, but in order to find myself under the stairs, I actually made up an absurd excuse to commemorate the Russo-Japanese War. When he handed over command to the British, he was so angry that he couldn't speak at the meeting, and later hid in the room and cried. When the bridge was completed, he actually wrote a suicide note and planned to commit suicide when the bridge opened to traffic. All because in this face-saving battle, he lost completely to the British - even though the benefits of the bridge's construction were all in Japan.
Another Brit, Warden, is an absolutely sane person who is just as strict about the rules. Injured his foot in the jungle, he decisively asked his companions to abandon him, and said that if it was me, I would abandon you. I totally take his word for it, because reason trumps everything in him. We remember he once gave old American Shears poison to kill himself when he was arrested. (Of course Shears just laughed), but in the end warden didn't smile at his companions, he aimed the muzzle at his companions, because they couldn't be captured alive.
Would rather be locked up in a small dark room and endure the torment of death than give in; quickly build a beautiful bridge in front of the Japanese to show the quality of the British army - a good officer and a man who is loved and respected by the soldiers, why this Why does it seem so funny? The rational Warden is also a good person, and rationality is an excellent quality. Why does killing his companions in the end send chills down the spine? New recruit Joyce has a good personality and is unwilling to kill. Why does Nicholson feel a little weak when he is holding him? Isn't the Japanese they chased and killed in the jungle still a child with panic and fear? And the photos he dropped after his death also reminded us, isn't he also an ordinary boy with flesh and blood?
What makes them kill and fear each other?
Did Doctor Clipton's muttering "crazy, crazy" at the end mean Nicholson who was preventing his own military operations? Was it Warden who aimed his mortar at his comrade? Was it Shears who escaped but voluntarily came back to die by the river? Or bring all the ridiculous wars.

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