Forgive me, comrade. Himmelstoss is friendly and, because he brought Westhus back after he was wounded, Paul is kinder to him. Here I sit and there you are lying; we have so much to say, and we shall never say it. If for one hour in a year something eatable were to be had in some one place only, within that hour, as if moved by a vision, he would put on his cap, go out and walk directly there, as though following a compass, and find it." He had fallen forward and lay on the earth as though sleeping. Chapter 11, pg. We are none of us more than twenty years old. But by far the most important result was that it awakened in us a strong, practical sense of esprit de corps, which in the field developed into the finest thing that arose out of the war—comradeship. Suggestions Use up and down arrows to review and enter to select.
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His German master sees himself as an authority on the war and admonishes Paul for his short-term vision. Our families and our teachers will be shocked when we go home, but here it is the universal language." Chapter 3, pg. After he leaves for home, he tries not to put the war front into words, because to be indifferent to it is what keeps him alive. He can no longer communicate with his parents, and talking about the war simply worries him, because he does not want to put his fears into words. Turning him over one saw that he could not have suffered long; his face had an expression of calm, as though almost glad the end had come." Chapter 11, pg. Dolbenberg a mountain outside Paul's hometown. LitCharts Teacher Editions. Though I am in still water far away from its centre, I feel the whirl of the vortex sucking me slowly, irresistibly, inescapably into itself." We believe in such things no longer, we believe in the war." Turning him over one saw that he could not have suffered long; his face had an expression of calm, as though almost glad the end had come."
The chapter's most poignant scene is between Paul and his mother. Struggling with distance learning? In her arms, he tries to forget the death and the terror of war. The night before Paul leaves, his mother comes into his room and they converse, but his thoughts are far different from his words. Himmelstoss also took over the cooking from Ginger, so he brings Paul and his friends food. As Paul says, "We will make ourselves comfortable and sleep, and eat as much as we can stuff into our bellies, and drink and smoke so that hours are not wasted. bookmarked pages associated with this title. He takes in the street, cyclists, a subway, the mill bridge, an old tower, shops, and bare-armed laundresses. 87, Quote 12: "We were eighteen and had begun to love life and the world; and we had to shoot it to pieces. A Midsummer Night's Dream Brave New World Julius Caesar Of Mice and Men Othello. Between Langemark and Bixschoote towns north and northwest of Ypres in northwest Belgium, one of the most war-ravaged communities of World War I. beer garden an establishment that serves beer, often at an outdoor patio. Election Day is November 3rd! Later, in the kitchen, Paul's sister informs him that his mother has suffered for several months with a recurrence of cancer. one mark twenty pfennig the mark and the pfennig are monetary units of Germany. Chapter 1, pg. Everything at home is so different from a year ago.