The Boys War, by Jim Murphy, shows how boys were affected for the worse in the war. This is for various reasons. These two reasons, amputation and dying alone, provide evidence of how the war affected them for the worse. A reason that shows how the war affected boy soldiers for the worse is amputation. Amputation is used to sever off infections, which are deadly and painful. A quote that can support this reason is “And if a wound to an arm or leg seemed too severe or became infected, the usual course of action was to cut off the limb.”(86) This supports the reason because the boys usual course of action was to do amputation. Another quote that supports this reason is “...and the fact that large numbers of the injured would linger in agonizing