Summary Of Death Becomes Us By Robert Muller

The general argument made by Robert Muller in his article “Death Becomes Us: The Psychological Trauma of Killing” is that the soldiers who are forced to kill someone else, suffer more than the ones who are killed/wounded. Essentially it is a psychiatric breakdown; a mental breakdown which can lead to the suffering of depression, anxiety, and much more that can affect their everyday lives. More specifically, he argues that the greatest threat to one’s mental health is the fear of dying. People as well as animals, would rather try to scare away an enemy rather than kill another of their own nature. This method of scaring away enemies is labeled Posturing. Muller writes* how the soldiers in both World Wars uses the act of posturing just like