"Warriors are required to harden themselves for battle, both physically and mentally. Malouf suggests that in this state they become like animals, ""unacquainted with second thoughts"". They put to one side their tenderness, their sensitivity and their compassion and act instead on instinct: they become men ""whose blood is a roaring lion in them"". Malouf shows that this 'heroic' lifestyle comes at a price. When Achilles kills Hector, he does not feel satisfaction or relief; he is left ""feeling hollow"". At the start of the novel, Achilles is struggling under the weight of grief and guilt - he has become ""leaden limbed"" and cannot free himself from ""the clogging grey web that enfolds him""."
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