... is the loss of her fiancée. This quote also shows the beginning of a budding relationship between the two. "All summer and all fall I've operated. I work all the time. I do everybody's work. All the hard ones they leave to me. By God, baby, I am becoming a lovely surgeon."" "That sounds better."" "I never think. No, by God ... at the same time. As a surgeon, Rinaldi understands that death is the end of all things. This is why Rinaldi has developed the inner discipline to go through life. I did not say anything. I was embarrassed by the words sacred, glorious, and sacrifice and the expre...

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• Grade Level: High School

... of the novel, showing how it's ending was in its beginning" (Oldsey 183). This famous excerpt reveals many important details about the book. [1] To the north we could look across a valley and see a forest of chestnut trees and behind it another mountain on this side of the river. [2] ... thought-provoking themes throughout this selection. Autumn comes early this year and the transition from summer to autumn is a rapid one. During the fall, "the branches were bare and the trunk's black with rain". The transition from summer to autumn represents a more significant part of the novel. In the...

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• Grade Level: High School

... war, his lag is amputated and then he is sent home. Tjaden is a small man with an attitude. He was a locksmith prior to joining the army. Kemmerich is the second one of the boys to die; his leg is amputated prior to his death. Katczinsky, commonly called Kat, is Paul's best friend. He is forty years old and is very resourceful. Josef Behm was ... the first recruit to be killed, he is a minor character. Himmelstoss is also a minor character, but he was the boys" drillmaster. He always bullied ... it, and then he is the last of his troop to die on the Western Front. This novel relates he...

• Word Count: 969
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School