When he first enters the story Paul is very enthusiastic about going to the war. ... 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. ... When Kropp and Paul were injured and sent to a hospital then his leg was amputated. ... As the war goes on Paul and his friends become weary, wore out, even matured too soon. ...
How many arms, legs, ears, noses, mouths, faces, penises they've lost? ... Dalton Trumbo talks about a twenty-year old boy lying in bed without arms, legs, a nose, a mouth, eyes, or ears. ... They would go out and have fun and celebrate it by having parties and picnics. ...
Before the fear and the reality of war sets in on the young soldiers they are enthusiastic and happy about going off to war. ... Kemmerich is dead, Haie Westhus is dying Martens has no legs anymore, Meyer is dead, Max is dead, Beyer is dead, Hammerling is dead it is a dammable business, but what has it to do with us now - we live. (124-125 All Quiet on the Western Front) This quotation also shows how the narrator is becoming more and more desensitized by the war. ... In Catch 22 Yossarian goes AWOL meaning he simply runs away. ... The catch 22 in the novel refers to that if someone is to be...
One of the horses falls and badly breaks a leg; this time Ross allows his responsibilities to take charge. ... I know that you're going to go away and be a soldier. Well - you can go to hell. ... The fact that World War One was going on at the same time as the life of Robert Ross seems to play little more role to the book than to contribute to the darkness of the theme. ...
America simply cannot support that regime, so before any economic aid could be brought to the region, the Taliban would have to go. ... The mice can go places the elephant simply can't, and hide where the elephant can't reach. ... It needs to be something that will kick the legs of support out from underneath Bin Laden, as well as future leaders in that region. ... That's going to be tough to do in a land where nobody has a television or radio. ...
The flaw being that if the one in charge relies on the people of the colony to do the work, it has the potential to loose all the benefits if the enslaved should stop, taking the legs right out from under the chair in which they sit so high. ... Both sides do not want either one to gain control over the other, forcing it to go against itself. ...
He brings to life the harsh trench-warfare scene and many times states that no man should ever have to go through that. ... 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. ...
Trenches are long, narrow ditches that are used in war by the soldiers to attack and defend against their enemies. There are trenches on the two sides and no man's land with a barbwire in the middle. Most of us think of the World War 1 in terms of life and death in the trenches but only a relatively...
