... what he had to do, especially after seeing letters and pictures that were carried close to the man's heart. After a short period of luxury, Paul and his close friend Albert Kropp are injured. After being treated, Kropp runs a high fever and Paul deceives the nurse, making her believe that he also has a fever. They stay together for a time, but ... Kropp's leg was amputated and Paul's injury healed, and Paul had to return to the front. The two companions lost contact. The last friend Paul lost was Katczinsky. "Kat" was forty ... ...

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• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

... which many outsiders viewed the War to be composed of. This is a very common misconception that Remarque attempts to rid the reader of very early when in the first chapter, Pauls good friend Kemmerich has his leg amputated from a bullet and then dies a painfully slow death with Paul at his side. Remarque does not want the reader to have any doubt ... the comradeship that builds throughout the War. The soldiers are often enlisted at very young ages and sent in to live amongst people they hardly know at the beginning. In Pauls case, he enlisted with some of his classmates, but the bond th...

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... and have to cope to their surrounding and live there for a while. Paul, the narrator of the book, went to the war alongside of some of his friends Tjaden, Muller, Kropp, and some others. Paul and his friends were told that the war was a great and heroic thing but when they finally got there they found out the truth. Paul was ... ...

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• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

... the front-line soldiers reduced to animalism in the military we have seen them eat and use the latrines like animals, also what looks like unsympathetic behavior between Kat and Kropp's betting on which airplane will overcome the other it is necessary to desensitize them to the loss of human life. The bet quickly turns their attention to the bottle of ... ...

• Word Count: 1190
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School