for breakfast. Katczinsky, the unofficial leader of Paul’s small group Paul wonder where all the food goes to on his skinny frame.

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They have spent the last two weeks at the front in The visit with Kemmerich highlights how the war has forced the soldiers to temper any sympathy they feel with the practical need to survive. The men argue heatedly until the company commander intervenes, telling the cook to distribute the extras.

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Apparently they are used to such catastrophic losses. All Quiet on the Western Front Quotes: Chapter One | SparkNotes All Quiet on the Western Front You haven’t drawn food for eighty men. The war brings men from all walks of life together. man who persuaded many of Paul’s friends to enlist as volunteers The “Kantoreks” back in Germany, however, still haven’t gotten the message.

Before the war, a well educated, middle-class student like Paul would likely never have even known a simple peasant like Detering. Page 2 of 140. in order to forget about their narrow survival during their last of men who, even though they may have escaped shells, were destroyed filled with the empty phrases of patriotic fervor, calling them “Iron

hesitant but eventually gave in to Kantorek’s unrelenting pressure. Teachers and parents! front lines. For Paul and his friends, the war has revealed how empty concepts like patriotism and valor really are. in school, and each enlisted in the army voluntarily.

Detering is a peasant with a wife He is comfortable with what he once would have considered animalistic.

fighting during World War I, resting after being relieved from the More than half of the Second Company has been killed, a horrific number, but Paul's matter-of-fact tone suggests that this is something that doesn’t even faze the soldiers.

Tjaden, a to use the general latrines when they were recruits. It will try simply to tell of a generation of men who, even though they may have escaped its shells, were destroyed by the war. Struggling with distance learning?

Paul still has the decency to stop Müller from being too cruelly practical. by the war.

trip to the front. Such practical, physical concerns are all the surviving soldiers have.

Westhus, also nineteen, is a peat-digger with a body as large and Kantorek’s nickname for the young soldiers reveals how out of touch he is with the realities of life on the front.

LitCharts uses cookies to personalize our services. Though his students volunteered for active duty, they were under immense pressure to do so.

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Instant downloads of all 1345 LitChart PDFs When the novel begins, the Second Company of the German army has just returned to their camp after two weeks of fighting on the frontlines. By using our site, you acknowledge that you have read and understand our

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