Like the Nazi doctors, Cawley thinks his science is more important than the welfare of people. Cawley's experimental psychiatry and obsession with violence makes him similar to the Nazi doctors who experimented on prisoners for the sake of experimenting. It illustrates how much horror and death Teddy has seen, and also that his experience liberating the concentration camp at Dachau has stayed with him as if it happened yesterday. This quote is important as it shows a great deal about both Teddy and Dr. Reminding him of cafes overseas and a record collection he'd seen in the office of a sub-commandant at Dachau, the man listening to it when he'd shot himself in the mouth. Then a balm of strings and piano replaced the hisses. Cawley, behind them, placed a record on the phonograph and the scratch of the needle was followed by stray pops and hisses that reminded him of the phones he'd tried to use.
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