The irony is that despite the fact that they are genuine friends, he was transformed into a representation of the toll that war takes on its participants.
They got into a quarrel, overreacted, and pretended to hate one another even though they aren't actually enemies. They are only acting that way because they are both involved in a battle. Due to the fact that they are on the same side of the conflict, even if they were adversaries, they couldn't be real enemies.
The two chapters "enemies" and "friends" show how war drives some people insane and how others may even desire to kill their friends if they unintentionally hurt them in order to get revenge.
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