... well. After they were dropped off they were sent to a Catholic hospital to be treated. Kropp's leg soon had to be amputated at the thigh. After a few more weeks Paul and Kropp parted, Paul going to war and Kropp going home. Returning to the front was even more dehumanizing for Paul. One by one he watched his friends die. The hardest lost was that of Kat ... released and sent back to the front while his best friend was left behind and they never saw each other again. This was very dehumanizing for both Paul and Kropp. Muller was one of the schoolmates that enlisted in the German army. In...

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... 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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... in order to share his ideas. At dinner he suggests that if all soldiers were treated the equally, fed the equally and got paid the equally, War would immediately stop. Kropp, Paul's friend believes that leaders should set up clubs discussing their disagreements. When it is dark, the men go to lay barbwire in front, but are attacked by the artillery. Little ... is War and these are the incident and accidents of War. The next battle injures Paul and Kropp. They bribe the surgeon with cigars so that they can be place in a hospital for care. Paul goes through surgery and Kropp has his leg a...

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... 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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... 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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... begins acting mysteriously. Two days later he is missing and was said to have been captured by the German military police. While he is gone, Paul says the German military police could have no idea that Detering's disappearance "was only homesickness and a momentary aberration. But what does a court-martial ... also present when Kemmerich dies. The orderly has Paul gather Franz" possessions so that they can use the bed. This would be a tragic reminder of how fragile and unpredictable their lives are. Albert Kropp is another classmate and close friend of Paul's. At one point they are both ...

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... rest of the world due to the fact that they had never truly established any part of themselves in civilian life. At boot camp, Himmelstoss abused Paul and his friends, yet the harassment only brought them closer together and developed a strong spirit amongst them. Katczinsky, or also known as Kat, was ... to prevent other such wars. That incident had placed a huge impact on Paul. Paul's unit was assigned to guard a supply depot of an abandoned village, but he and Kropp were soon wounded when trying to escape from the village. Paul headed back to the front, only to engage in final battles...

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... an attack, Paul killed a French soldier. After discovering that this soldier had a family, Paul was deeply shattered and vowed to prevent other such wars. Paul's unit was assigned to guard a supply depot of an abandoned village, but he and Kropp were soon wounded when trying to escape from the village. Paul headed back ... to the front, only to engage in final battles where all of his friends were killed. The death of Kat was particularly hard for Paul because they were very close. One month before the Armistice, Paul was ... experience of "lostness" from society as a result of war seeme...

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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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... 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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... is a book about the life of a soldier during World War I. It focuses on a young German soldier by the name of Paul Baumer and the changes and struggles he faces throughout the war. Paul is nineteen years old and had survived being in the front, was considered to be a veteran had such a young age. ... upon what their schoolteacher had been telling them. The book starts off where the German soldiers are resting right after they had just fought a battle. Paul talks about how they had all lined up for breakfast and that the cook had only prepared for about 80 of the soldiers. Many of their w...

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... 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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... that the new soldiers are very young and nave, but in reality they are the same age and they just do not have the experience of war like Paul and the other soldiers. The malevolence at war is shown because this novel tells you what war is really like unlike those that are bring in a romantic ... Kat is a very resourceful man and can always find food. He is also older then Paul and most of the soldiers at war. Kropp, Muller, and Tjaden are all close friends of Paul and bring different things to the novel. Kantorek, Paul's previous schoolmaster, is essentially why they were at the war. He...

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... order to survive they need to come together and over come the changes that will take place on and off the front. There will be change. Before the four, Kropp, Muller, Leer, and Paul, decided to volunteer for the war they were just friends trying to make a living. They were nineteen years old and made the decision that going to fight is ... is shown when they go and see Kemmrich in the hospital. People were dying from their group and towards the end Paul and Kat were the only ones left. Kat gets shot in the shin and can not go on. Paul going out of his way and only thinking about his fri...

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• Grade Level: High School