My Antonia

What does the following passage about Otto's experience in the mines seem to say about the theme of men and death?

"That afternoon Fuchs told me story after story; about the Black Tiger mine, and about violent deaths and causal buryings, and the queer fancies of dying men. You never really knew a man, he said, until you saw him die. Most men were game, and went without a grudge."

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This excerpt alludes to the strength and determination of the men, as well as what had become the "normalcy" of death. Deaths occurred so frequently that the men seem disconnected.

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My Antonia