It can be seen through the settings of the novel, the development of characters and religious aspect of the novel. ... Dunstan home or place of settlement changes from Deptford to a battlefield which are contrasting settings. ... Liesl transforms and change Dunstan by tempting him to do new things and a live a life which does not tie him to his past. ... So as a child I had to carry the weight of my mother's madness as something that was my own doing. ... Even though Paul still carry the scars from his childhood, he is now better off in life than he would if he had stayed in Deptford....

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• Grade Level: High School

As seen when he returns from the war, Krebs is somewhat of an outcast and carries on his lonely way. ... The setting of a mid-western town in the early 1900's shows hardly any change before and after the war. ... It would be safe to assume that because he was active in a war, the setting changed each time Krebs was in a different country. ... Girls and foreign countries were only a couple of things that made life more interesting while at war. ... But the world they were in was not the world he was in" (281). ...

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Charles Darwin is generally given credit for having done two things. ... The organism carrying that gene which is adapted to the environment is more likely to survive and reproduce than those without it are. ... And they had concluded that they are best explained by a common descent. ... In some special cases, certain animals would be adapted to one definite setting. ... That's why they were considered as man's closest relative. ...

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• Grade Level: High School