... his unit has been reassigned to another area. He finds his unit and joins up with them. Paul and his troops were assigned to defend a village. When the French, who is fighting the Germans, come along they began shelling the village. Paul and Albert Kropp, one of Paul's young friends, were wounded and put on a train to seek treatment for their injuries. As they ... were traveling on the train, Kropp become ill with a fever and was schedule to be dropped off at the next stop ... . Paul wanted to stay with his friend so he convinced the nurse to let him off the train with Kropp. After a fe...

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• Grade Level: High School

... a man named Kantorek, told them that enlisting was their duty. The leader of their welcoming party was Corporal Himmelstoss. This pitiless man abhorred Paul and Co. and made their lives miserable. Himmelstoss forced the men to do taxing drills in the mud and rain. Although the men resented ... to die. Paul felt horribly about 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...

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• Grade Level: High School

... the story quite vividly, presenting exclusive imagery. Paul has several friends who enlisted with him. Muller is the school boy dreams of the days when he could sit in a schoolhouse. He is always practical and logical. Albert Kropp is also an intellectual; he has his own theories as to how ... antagonized them. The entire group is desensitized by the harsh realities of the war. They become unaware of the horrors that surround them. Of all Paul's soldier friends, Kat is the most resourceful. He is always trying to locate food and gather supplies for the group, and is often very successfu...

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... removed from society, have become animalistic. Not only do they eat out of a ditch, they go to the bathroom in shared outdoor latrines, which Paul deems better than any "palatial white-tiled 'convenience. " Although he describes the outdoor experience as tranquil and natural, one gets the sense that the ... the soldiers and the effects that power has over them is present throughout the novel. Katczinsky, the wise, 40-year-old unofficial leader of Paul's company relates the entire life of military power to the battles in the animal kingdom, and the companies attack on Himmelstoss is simil...

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• Grade Level: High School

... loved him. Paul Baumer, a nineteen-year-old student, convinced to enlist with German army by his schoolmaster, Kentorek. Paul and many of his friends from school were trained together by Corporal Himmelstoss. Paul had a best friend who went to the same school, and trained with each other. Albert Kropp was his name ... ; they both went through a lot of things together. Paul was a great soldier who ... lasted a while until he was killed a month before the war ended in October 11, 1918. Corporal Himmelstoss was a strictly disciplined commander who dislikes Paul because of his "defiance." .....

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• Grade Level: High School

... still think about it every waking moment of their lives. The war sticks to them like a scary movie. The third theme is Nationalism. Nationalism is what gets Paul and the others to join the army. It tricks them into thinking the war is great and everything the war really is not. The several themes in this ... land they had never been before 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 heroi...

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• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School