Chapter 1-4
Chapter 5-8
Chapter 9-10
Themes
Character
100
What does it mean that the watch went missing?
There was mass confusion and there was no respect.
100
Why are the rats called "corpse-rats"?
Because they are living off the flesh of the dead men that have fallen.
100
What is the difference between the drafted men and the volunteers?
Volunteers have no idea how to fight.
100
The men are fighting for their lives and for their country. This coincides with the theme of what?
Patriotism
100
Dies due to emaciation.
Tjaden
200
How many men went out to fight the war and how many returned?
150 and 80
200
Why does Paul hesitate when throwing the grenade?
Because he sees the faces of the men he's about to kill.
200
Why can't Paul kill the Frenchman?
He doesn't have the power to do it. He isn't animal enough.
200
The men attack Himmelstoss, and therefore this is an example of what theme?
Revenge
200
Contemplates suicide.
Albert Kropp
300
What did Kropp call the new recruits?
Infants
300
Nature, much like the war, has become what?
Dark
300
It's ironic that after eating the luxury of the pig meat the men what?
They cannot handle the meat.
300
As the men fight longer they start to lose something, which is what?
Their identity
300
Martinet turned wuss turned friend.
Himmelstoss
400
It is ironic that the men use what for shelter?
The cemetery
400
Paul is afraid of talking to his father about the war why?
Because he is scared.
400
Paul cannot and will not get into the clean white bed because why?
He has lice.
400
As the men fight they start to question where they belong, what does Paul realize he'll never be able to return to?
Home
400
Dies due to a splinter to the head.
Kat
500
What does "Revenge is back pudding"
What goes around comes around.
500
Paul's logic to want to befriend at least one Russian shows what?
That he is trying to maintain some kind of humanism.
500
How does Paul die?
He dies unknown but peacefully.
500
The men become animals, savages, and many more saddening nouns, this is due to the loss of what?
Innocence
500
Dies in an unknown way.
Paul
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