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Paul,Tjaden,Muller and Albert enlist
Paul,Tjaden,Muller and Albert enlist to World War 1 "When we went to the district-commandant to enlist, we were a class of twenty young men, many of whom proudly shaved for the first time before going to the barracks." -
Kemmerich dies
Kemmerich had a bad leg injury and the doctors don't do a lot to help and he eventually dies of infection.
"Müller is rather crude and tactless, otherwise he would hold his tongue, for anybody can see that Kemmerich will never come out of this place again." -
Young recruits come to put up a fence
Young reinforcements come to put a protective fence up against the advancing enemy Bristish and American troops. "einforcements have arrived. The vacancies have been filled and the sacks of straw in the huts are already booked. Some of them are old hands, but there are twenty-five men of a later draught from the base. They are about two years younger than us. Kropp nudges me: "Seen the infants?'" -
Himmelstoss gets drunk
He gives orders to the guys and then goes to the pub and gets drunk. The boys wait for him to get back and mug him and whip his butt with a switch. "Himmelstoss was thrown down, he rolled five yards and started to yell. But we were prepared for that and had brought a cushion." -
They dream about after war
They all sit in their bunk,eat,smoke and talk about their plans for after war. Some want a job others want girls. "Haie looks at him sadly and is silent. His thoughts still linger over the clear evenings in autumn, the Sundays in the heather, the village bells, the afternoons and evenings with the servant girls, the fried bacon and barley, the care-free hours in the ale-house-- He can't part with all these dreams so abruptly; he merely growls: "What silly questions you do ask."" -
They get let off easy
Himmelstoss reports theirs direspectfulness and the men are brought to a field judge. The judge notes Himmelstoss's petty cruelity and the men get let off easy "We watch him disappear in the direction of the Orderly Room. Haie and Tjaden burst into a regular peat-digger's bellow. Haie laughs so much that he dislocates his jaw, and suddenly stands there helpless with his mouth wide open. Albert has to put it back again by giving it a blow with his fist." -
They get bombarded
Trrop 9 finishes their wiring and are bombarded on the way back. Ironically they hide in a graveyard and toss corpses out of coffins to hide in them. "They surpassed us only in phrases and in cleverness. The first bombardment showed us our mistake, and under it the world as they had taught it to us broke in pieces." -
Attacked by rats
Rats are getting into their bunks and knawing on their food. They come up with creative way to kill them to pass the time. "We must look out for our bread. The rats have become much more numerous lately because the trenches are no longer in good condition. Detering says it is a sure sign of a coming bombardment." -
Young recruits go suicidal
The impact of war made the young recruits go insane and they become suicidal. They have to beat them to keep them from doing something too terrible. -
Paul realizes they are wild beasts
In bruality of war Paul realizes that he and his friends are turning into wild beast,Predator VS Prey. "We have become wild beasts. We do not fight, we defend ourselves against annihilation." -
They meet the French girls
They swim across the river naked to meet some French girls who covet the meat and bread they have. The men exchange their bread for the women's company
"Three women come strolling along the bank. They walk slowly and don't look away, although we have no bathing suits." -
Paul is given 2 weeks leave
Paul is given 2 weeks of leave and returns home to his mother. His Mother is sick with cancer but his Dad is insensitive and only wants to hear war stories. "I look to see how much leave I have got. Seventeen days-- fourteen days leave and three days for travelling." -
Paul tells Kemmerichs Mother
Paul promised to tell kemmerichs Mothe rhe died peacefully even though he didn't. Paul tells Kemmerichs Mom that her son died but it was a peaceful death. "This quaking, sobbing woman who shakes me and cries out on me: "Why are you living then, when he is dead?"" -
They have a celebration
They capture two baby pigs and kill them and have a celebration. Guests come to the celebration but then they realize that the enemy balloons have spotted smoke from their chimney and shelling starts,the bombs get closer to where they are. "Then Kat and Kropp seize the masterpiece--the big dish with the brown, roasted sucking pigs." -
They guard an abandoned village
Paul and some other men have to guard an abandoned town. They see the coffins and the higer ranked men tell them they are not good enough for the coffins.. "Eight of us have to guard a village that has been abandoned because it is being shelled too heavily." -
Paul sees bad images
Paul keeps seeing dead naked bodys,seperated limbs and blown up soldiers. He has nightmares about them and they take over him. -
Paul is given 14 days of rest
Paul is given rest for swallowing too much gas. His mind floods with the greed of love of life,love of home,yearning of the blood and intoxication of deliverance. "Seventeen days-- fourteen days leave and three days for travelling." -
Müller dies
He dies from a shot of a light pistol in the stomach. He survives half an hour in terrible pain, handing over his precious boots to Paul during his last minutes. "Someone shot him point-blank in the stomach with a Verey light. " -
Kat dies
When Kat is shot in the leg, Paul carries him for miles, only to discover that Kat was shot in the head and died while Paul was hauling him. "I bind up his wound; his shin seems to be smashed. It has got the bone, and Kat groans desperately: "At last--just at the last" -
Paul dies
Paul seperates from the other soldiers and he dies of hunger.
Quote:"He had fallen forward and lay on the earth as though sleeping. 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."
