Respond to the following prompts in complete sentences. Use quotes when stipulated.
1. How does Tjaden kill lice and what does he plan to do with them? What is the singular of lice?
2. How did Himmelstoss end up at the front? Use a quote as support.
3. For Haie, is going home much better than war? Use a quote as support.
4. What is Detering's profession? What does he worry about? How is this polar opposite to war?
5. Why was Tjaden not worried about his argument with Himmelstoss?
6. On pages 84-85, contrast book smarts vs. street smarts. Use a quote to explain.
7. How does Kropp predict the idea of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and compare it to a sock?
8. Explicate the following quote: "We know how to do that: to play cards, to swear, and to fight. Not much for twenty years; - and yet too much for twenty years" (89). How does antithesis work to make this such a powerful sentence?
9. The "front" is opposite to the "parade ground". Explain.
10. Paul and Kat would normally never have anything in common. How does the war change this and how is it ironic?
Due: Thursday, 2.9
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1. How does Tjaden kill lice and what does he plan to do with them? What is the singular of lice?
2. How did Himmelstoss end up at the front? Use a quote as support.
3. For Haie, is going home much better than war? Use a quote as support.
4. What is Detering's profession? What does he worry about? How is this polar opposite to war?
5. Why was Tjaden not worried about his argument with Himmelstoss?
6. On pages 84-85, contrast book smarts vs. street smarts. Use a quote to explain.
7. How does Kropp predict the idea of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and compare it to a sock?
8. Explicate the following quote: "We know how to do that: to play cards, to swear, and to fight. Not much for twenty years; - and yet too much for twenty years" (89). How does antithesis work to make this such a powerful sentence?
9. The "front" is opposite to the "parade ground". Explain.
10. Paul and Kat would normally never have anything in common. How does the war change this and how is it ironic?
Due: Thursday, 2.9
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1. The singular of lice is louse. Tjaden kills them by throwing them in to a pan with wires and lighted candles. He jokes about collecting enough lice fat to polish his boots.
ReplyDelete2. Himmelstoss is reported by the son of the local magistrate and thus ends up coming up to the front. "He seems to have overdone it with a couple of young recruits on the ploughed field at home" (Remarque 76). Himmelstoss's extreme method of training eventually causes him the trouble.
3. Haie in fact does not want to go home even after the war. "There is the mean little hut on the moors, the hard work on the heath from morning till night in the heat, the miserable pay, the dirty labourer's clothes" (Remarque 79). Haie would rather stay as a soldier even after the war rather than to return home.
4. Detering's a farmer and he is constantly worried over the harvest of his village and his land. The occupation of creating and cultivating life is in the direct opposition to the war, which takes away the life. The war destroys what Detering tries to protect.
5. Tjaden does not worry about the consequence, since he believes that getting arrested is better than fighting in the front line battles. Even if he get reported, he has nothing to lose.
6. Paul and his friends are realizing the uselessness of book smarts in the war situation and emphasizing the importance of street smarts. They mock at Kantorek's classes and little practicality of his lessons. They "remember mighty little of all that rubbish. Anyway, it has never been the slightest use to us. At school nobody ever taught us how to light a cigarette in a storm of rain" (Remarque 85).
7. Kropp believes people will not be able to shake off the aftershock of the war as easy as peeling of a sock. He claims that the war is going to affect his generation deeply, where a lot of youth are cut off from the rest of the society and turning into soldiers. After the war, it will be hard for them to adapt back to the normal situation.
8. "Not much for twenty years; - and yet too much for twenty years" (Remarque 89) is used as antithesis. The contrast between immaturity and maturity of their behavior and ideas suggest the transformation of people during the war. The youth keep some of their spry qualities, yet at the same time, they forget or lose the youthful hopes and joy.
9. The front is where the actual battles are taking place. The front is completely isolated from the rest of the world and show some of its distinctive characteristics. The parade ground is more of the preparing stage for the battles and in some parts are connected to the rest of the world, though the unique military environment is settled in. For instance, the social hierarchy does not matter so much in the front as it did in the parade ground. Himmelstoss loses his authority in the front, where experiences is more valued than the position.
10. The war turn into two people into close comrades and friends who rely on each other during the battle and army life. Paul in particular, becomes highly dependent on Kat, who has a long experience and cunning skills to survive the war. It may be ironic, since the war is usually thought to attack on humanity, yet Paul and Kat create the humane bond. Also, the hierarchy and class distinction of peace time is somewhat demolished and reconstructed, perhaps making the military more of a democratic place than the rest of the world to certain degree.
1. He kills lice by throwing them in to a "rigged up" lid of a boot polish tin over a lighted candle stump for heat. He says that he plans on using the fat that gathers to polish his boots, then laughs. The singular of lice is louse.
ReplyDelete2. He ended up at the front because "he seems to have overdone it with a couple of the young recruits on the ploughed field at home and unknown to him the son of a local magistrate was watching"(Remarque, 76) so he was reported by that son and ended up being sent to the front.
3. No, He doesn't know really what he wants to do but he says that he wants to be a soldier, especially in peace time so that he can get his "twelve years" and "become the village bobby, and you can walk aound all day" (Remarque, 79)
4. Detering is a farmer and he wants to go "straight back to the harvest" when the war is over but he is worried because his wife is looking over the farm and the farm is not getting what it needs because of war efforts. This is the exact opposite of war because he is not supporting the country with his supplies and animals.
5. He doesn't worry about this encounter because getting thrown in the "clink" is equated to rest for him.
6. They start to realize that street smarts are more important to them in their current situation and that book smarts are useless to them at this time"We remember mighty little of all that rubbish. Anyway, it has never been the slightest use to us. At school nobody ever taught us how to light a cigarette in a storm of rain, nor how a fire could be made with wet wood--nor that it is best to stick a bayonet in the belly because there it doesn't get jammed, as it does in the ribs" (Remarque, 85)
7. The war is going to effect his genoration majorly because the younger men know nothing else but how to be soldiers. He says that it is not pulled off easily like a sock is.
8. Because three things, when you simply think about it, are not a lot of things to know for twenty years, but when you think a little more about it, being a soldier is really too much for boys who know nothing else and have nothing to go back to.
9. The "front" is the opposite of the "parade ground" because the "parade ground" is like practicce for the battles.The social conditions are different too. In the front, everything stops mattering and everyone is focused on the war, battle and basic necessities.
10. Being soldiers in the war together brings them closer together as people, the two of them ironically create a bond in a setting where men are usually killing one another. It is diffrent from the outside world because the two of them are fighting for the same common goal and are in a common stressful situation.
1. Tjaden kill lice by using the lid of a boot-polish as a pan with a wire over a candle to burn them. He jokes that he will use the lice fat as a boot-plish. Singular of lice is louse.
ReplyDelete2. Himmelstoss end up at the fron because “he seems to have overdone it with a couple of young recuits on the ploughed field at home” and “unkown to him the son of the local magistrate was watching” (Remarque 76) all that happen.
3. He likes to belong in a army instead of going back because “in the army in peace time… you’re a free man and go off to the pub” (Remarque 79).
4. Detering is a farmer and he worrys about his farm and his wife who is taking care of the farm alone. War goes against his way of thinking because forming creates life and war creates death.
5. Tjaden doesn’t worry because he can be arrested and stay away from the frontline.
6. Paul says “At school nobody… as it does in the ribs” (Remarque 85). He means that school can teach you how to do knowledge from textbook like math and science, but it can’t teach how to live.
7. Kropp thinks getting over with the horrible experience at the war is not easy like getting a sock off.
8. It makes sence if you play cards, swear and fight when your young, but no one can’t be playing cards, swear and fight once your old because you have to work and act and talk like your age.
9. Front means the frontline of the battle ground and parade ground meant the place behind the battle grounp where soldiers prepare for wae but haven’t seen and experience the horror.
10. War makes people depend on each other just like how Paul and Kat depend on each other. War brings people who have nothing in common together. Because war is so distractive, its ironic that it is creating a friendship instead for Paul and Kat.
1. Louse is the singular of lice. Tjaden kills them by throwing them into a pan with lighted candles and wires. He jokingly talks about collecting enough lice fat to polish his boots.
ReplyDelete2. The son of the local magistrate reported Himmelstoss resulting in him coming up to the front. Because of Himmelstoss’s extreme training it causes many problems.
3. After the war Hair does not want to return home. "There is the mean little hut on the moors, the hard work on the heath from morning till night in the heat, the miserable pay, the dirty labourer's clothes" (Remarque 79) He would rather risk his life in battle rather than returning home.
4. Detering is a farmer who is often stressed over the harvest of his land and village. He is trying to create life, whereas the war brings death and ruins what he is trying to save.
5. Tjaden would rather get in trouble and deal with the consequences, because he believes that being arrested is far safer than fighting in the front line battles.
6. Paul and his soldier mates slowly realize how useless book smarts are in there current situation and how important street smarts can be on the battle field. Paul remembers how “At school nobody ever taught us how to light a cigarette in a storm of rain" (Remarque 85).
7. Kropp states that the war is going to affect his generation deeply. From all the youths which have been cut off from society and turned into soldiers, these new soldiers will not be able to adapt back into society after the war.
8. "Not much for twenty years; - and yet too much for twenty years" (Remarque 89) This antithesis is used to show the transformation of soldiers during the war. The youth lose their hope and sanity but still keep some of their boyish nature.
9. The front is where the actual battles are taking place, while you are fighting you lose all connections to reality, whereas in the parade ground soldiers prepare themselves for battles from a safe distance (a place where they can collect their thoughts and connect back to the real world).
10. The war is able to turn two polar opposites into close comrades and friends who rely on each other during the battle and army life. For example Paul becomes highly reliant on Kat, who has a long experience and the appropriate skills to survive on the front line. It may be ironic, because during war people kill one another and yet, Paul and Kat become close friends from this experience.
Tjaden solved the problem by throwing the lices in a boot-polish tin, with wires and a candle that was already lighted up. The singular form of “lice” is louses.
ReplyDeleteFinally, Himmelstoss is reported by the son of the local magistrate. “He seems to have overdone it with a couple of young recruits on the ploughed fields.... the son of the local magistrate was watching” (Remarque 76). Obviously, Himmelstross is not a very lovable person.
Haie sometimes thinks being in the army is better sometimes than going back home, and vice versa. “‘Some ways’ says he, and with open mouth sinks into a day-dream” (Remarque 79).
Detering is a farmer, who often thinks about his farm and his wife. Because of the war, his wife is taking charge of the farm and he is very worried about how they are turning out. Detering is opposed to war because war creates death which is the complete opposite of what he is trying to do; create life.
Tjaden is not worried about the argument he had with Himmelstross since he believes that fighting for war is worthless and he believes that it is better to be arrested.
Paul expresses how being “book smart” is worthless during war, and being “street smart” is way more useful for them in their situation. “At school nobody ever taught us how to light a cigarette in in a storm of rain...” (Remarque 85).
“‘ Two years of shells and bombs-- a man won’t peel that off as easy as a sock’” (Remarque 87). The war will be a major cause of depression.
The antithesis used in this explains how they can play cards, and swear and to fight, as their age, but twenty years later as they get older, and return from war, they cannot do this anymore.
The parade ground is a place where soldiers get ready in order to fight for the war which is the “front”. Once you go to the front you will never be able to look back, and prepare again. The front is basically where you experience the horrific events.
As soldiers Kat and Paul has a lot in common, going through a lot together, which makes their friendship tighter than usual, if you were not in warm. War changes this relationship of people because they are broken down, and they are started from zero, and they go through the same experience you are. Although the war is something they shouldn’t be proud of and it doesn’t have a link, somehow it is ironic how friends could be made, while killing one another.
1.Tjaden rigged up the lid of a boot-polish tin and a piece of wire lighted with a candle, and he just puts them in that little pan to fry them. He said he will use them for boot polishers, as a joke. Lice is louse in singular form.
ReplyDelete2.He got caught abusing the young recruits. “He seems to have overdone it with a couple of young recruits on the ploughed field at home and unknown to him the son of the local magistrate was watching” (Remarque 76).
3.Haie would like to stay in the army than going home, because “in the army in peace-time you’ve nothing to trouble about” (Remarque 79).
4.Detering is a farmer who is concerned about his farm because his wife is looking after it. He wants to go “straight on with harvesting” (Remarque 80). Farmers cultivate and create new life, while war destroys and kills.
5.Tjaden is not worried because “five days clink are five days rest”(Remarque 83), meaning he would be in a safer, more peaceful place in the jail than in the frontlines.
6.Paul, Muller and Kropp thinks that at war, street smarts are more useful and valued than book smarts. “We remember mighty little of that rubbish. Anyways, it has never been the slightest use to us”. Because at war it doesn’t matter if you can decipher themes in poems, what matters is your survival skills.
7/They know that the survivors of this war would struggle getting back into society. As said in the criticism, the young men are only taught how to be soldiers, so he says it wouldn't be as easy as getting rid of it as peeling a sock.
8.The antithesis serves as a contrast of youth and maturity. Playing cards, swearing, and fighting is what all boys go through, but through war the boys have been almost forced to mature.
9.The parade ground just trains and practices the soldiers for war. Compared to the front, it is much more peaceful and close to the everyday life. The front is pure horror, where you would see bodies blowing up and earth rising, something that is unimaginable.
10.The war made the two become comrades, where they both trusted each other and Paul relying on Kat for his long experience and intellects. It is ironic how the war created this, since war is a place of destroying and often a place where people are dehumanized.
Tjaden kills lice by having the lid of a boot-polish tin with a piece of wire over the lighted stump of a candle. He throws the lice in and they burn to death. The singular word for lice is louse.
ReplyDeleteHimmelstoss ended up at the front because he “seems to have overdone it with a couple of young recruits on the ploughed field at home and unknown to him the son of the local magistrate was watching” (Remarque 76). The men really hate him and are trying to find a way to get back at him.
I don’t think Haie is as excited to go home as the other men because even if he returns home, he will need to face hard labour. When Paul says that the work must be better than digging trenches, Haie replies that the work “lasts longer though. And there’s not getting out of it either” (Remarque 79). Therefore, although he does want the war to end, he is not so keen on returning home.
Detering is a farmer. He is always worrying about his wife and how she is cooping alone with his farm. He is anxious about the weather and constantly checking the papers to see if it is raining in Oldenburg. This is the polar opposite of war because he is actually creating life with his own hands, while in war he must destroy.
Tjaden was not worried about his argument with Himmelstoss because he knew that his punishment would probably be closed arrest which he felt was a happy break rather than a punishment. Adding on to this, he has a very cheerful attitude towards things.
In war, book smart does not seem to be of any use while street smart is what everyone needs to stay alive. Paul and his comrades know that everything they learned at school was useless on the battlefield. “At school nobody ever taught us how to light a cigarette in a storm of rain, nor how a fire could be made with wet wood- nor that it is best to stik a bayonet in the belly because there it doesn’t get jammed, as it does in the ribs” (Remarque 85).
Kropp predicts the idea of Post Traumatic Stress disorder by comparing it with a sock. He says that is would not be easy for the men who experienced war to forget about war as easily as taking off a sock and that “The war has ruined us for everything” (Remarque 87).
The antithesis in this quote is seen in the last sentence. The identity of 20 year old men who are normally at the age of finally being able to enjoy life at it’s fullest are clashing with the war experienced 20 years olds. Therefore, cards, swearing and fighting seem very little when you think of how much things a 20 year old can do, yet the things that Paul and his friends are experiencing are too much for normal 20 year olds can handle.
The parade ground is a place where the men get ready for battle. However, the front is the place where all of the battles are taking place the most. A lot people cannot stay healthy in the front because they could be killed, wounded, or even go crazy.
It is ironic that war has created the bond between Paul and Kat because without it, Paul would not have known Kat at all. The war created strong friendship beyond words that the men held dearly, yet it would be heartbreaking to see those you have learned to care for being blown up etc., so I am not sure whether this is a good thing.
Zen
1. Tjaden kills the lice by throwing them into a boot-polish tin, with wires and candles. The singular of lice is louse.
ReplyDelete2. Himmelstoss ended up being in the front because the local magistrate saw him beating the young recruits. “He seems to have overdone it with a couple of young recruits on the ploughed field at home and unknown to him the son of the local magistrate was watching” (Remarque 76).
3. Haie is in the middle, where he thinks going home is both an advantage and a disadvantage. It is because in the army, most of the supplies such as food, bed, etc. is provided for you, which will support your life style. “In the army in peace-time you’ve nothing to trouble about” (Remarque 79).
4. Detering is a farmer. He is worried about his wife because she is taking after the farm on her own. This is the polar opposite because he is more worried about the harvest than his self and the war. But I guess I understand his feelings because he is worried about how his wife is working alone.
5. Tjaden is not worried about the argument with Himmelstoss because even though he gets arrested because of the problem, it means rest for him.
6. The soldiers realizes that knowing information from the book will not help, and it is useless. You need skills more than information to protect yourself and to live. “How do you expect to succeed in life if you don’t know that?...We remember mighty little of all that rubbish. Anyway, it has never been the slightest use to us” (Remarque 85).
7. Kropp predict that people will not be able to get out of anxiety after the war, and it will not be easy as taking of a sock. Paul agrees with that idea and says that it is a common fate for everyone.
8. I am not exactly sure with this quote, but I think the antithesis works out because the knowledge to fight, play cards, swear is a lot of things, but playing card is not a knowledge to be learning for twenty years. This sounds powerful because we know that learning how to play card is a easy thing, which is not a lot to learn in twenty years. But learning how to fight is a lot in twenty years.
9. Parade ground is a place where the soldiers practice their drills, and perform their marches. But a front is a place where the armies are in a way facing their opponents, and is preparing for their fight. So parade ground is more of a peaceful place than the front, because you experience death in the front.
10. The war changes Paul and Kat by making them become good comrade, and support each other whenever needed. This is very ironic because a new friendship is created, while people are killing each other in war.
1. The singular term of lice is louse. Tjaden kills the lice by throwing them into the lid of a boot-polish, and uses it as a pan over a candle to burn them. He jokes that he will use the fat of the lice as boot-polish.
ReplyDelete2. Himmelstoss ended up at the front because "He seems to have overdone it with a couple of young recruits.." and also because it was "unknown to him the son of the local magistrate was watching" (Remarque 76).
3. Haie is not so keen in going home after the war, although he doesn't want the war to continue. " "In the army in peace-time you've nothing to trouble about.. in the evening you're a free man and go off to the pub" (Remarque 79).
4. Detering is a farmer, and he is always worried about his farm back in his village, and if he can have a good harvest when he returns. The fact that he is a farmer; a producer, is someone who makes things, unlike a soldier who is ordered to destroy and kill. These two occupations are completely different.
5. Tjaden would rather get arrested for causing trouble, rather than fighting in the front line, because he prefers a jail sentence rather than risking his life by fighting in the front line.
6. Things that you learn in school, such as reading and writing can be classified as book smarts, while things such as knowing how to get from one place to another, and using a gun can be grouped as street smarts. Paul says that being "book smart" during the war is practically useless, because knowing how to read or write will not necessarily help you to survive. He remarks that "At school nobody ever taught us how to light a cigarette in a storm of rain.." (Remarque 85).
7. Kropp says that the soldiers will not be able to forget the horrors of the war as easily as taking off a sock. He remarks that his generation will know only how to be soldiers, and might even be cut off from society.
8. The antithesis: "Not much for twenty years; - and yet too much for twenty years" (Remarque 89). is used to show how the soldiers change throughout the war. Although some go through the transformation of boyhood to man, some still stay rather childish.
9. The "parade ground" is where soldiers practice for battles, while the "front" is where the battle actually takes place, and is the most dangerous. While those who have only experienced the parade ground are not yet aware of what the war is like, those who have survived the battle at the front clearly see the difference between these two places.
10. War brings out the group mentality in every individual, which is something that Paul and Kat had developed. They need to rely on each other to survive. This is why, even those who don't want to have to do anything with each other are forced to depend on one another, because the war is a do-or-die situation.
Rina B3
1. Tjaden kills the lice by burning them in his boot polish tin. Haie then plans to use the fat that accumulates to polish his boot. The singular of lice, which I've never heard before, is louse.
ReplyDelete2. Himmelstoss is at the front because he "seems to have overdone it with a couple of young recruits on the ploughed field at home and unknown to him the son of the local magistrate was watching" (Remarque 76). Sending him to the front is his consequence.
3. When Muller asks Haie about what he would do after the war, Haie replies that he wants to work with the Prussians, digging. However, he begins to think, and realizes the "mean little hut on the moors, the hard work on the heath from from morning to night in the heat, the miserable pay, the dirty laborer's clothes" (Remarque 79).
4. Detering works in the harvest, which is his income to feed his family. He worries that his wife can't keep up with the harvest, or if it doesn't rain enough in his village/town. It's ironic, because he went previously from making life, to destroying it.
5. Tjaden was not worried about getting punished for his argument with Himmelstoss, since the consequences were not bad; in fact, he felt like he was treated more maturely in the "clink".
6. On pages 84 - 85, Paul and his friends mockingly recite what they had learned in their school days. But, as they stated afterwards, "At school nobody ever taught us how to light a cigarette in a storm of rain, ... as it does in the ribs" (Remarque 85).
7. He says that you can peel memories of war off like a sock. This implies that even after the events are over, you would still be shocked about it, as if it had only happened yesterday.
8. Playing cards, swearing, and fighting is something that any other normal 20 year old would probably do. The fact that they're 20 years old, and in the war, makes it ironic, because they're doing something that normal 20 year olds do. This antithesis creates a fine line between how different they are from the rest of their generation that's not in the war.
9. The front is where the serious stuff happens. Calling the opposite the "parade ground" implies that everything else besides the front is a waste of time, or rather just a joke. When Himmelstoss reaches the front, Paul and his friends make sure that they're lieutenant realizes this.
10. War brings all sort of people together. Here's Kat; an old, wise man who has a family. Then there's Paul, a boy barely out of school. But, they're both tied with the war: they both have to fight in it, and they both have to deal with the hardships it brings.
Claudio - B1
1. Tjaden kills the lice by burning them on a boot-polish tin with a wire on a candle flame. The singular word for lice is louse.
ReplyDelete2. The son of the local magistrate reported that Himmelstoss and his extreme training, which caused many problems, therefore was sent to the front. “He seems to have overdone it with a couple of young recuits on the ploughed field at home” (Remarque 76).
3. Haie, actually, prefers staying in the army rather than going home, even after the war. "In the army in peace-time you've nothing to trouble about" (Remarque 79).
4. Detering is a farmer; he is worried about his wife he left behind, who is taking care of the farm by herself. His job as a farmer, producing new lives, is in juxtaposition with the war that he has to go through because it is killing those created lives.
5. Tjaden was not worried of Himmelstoss because for him, being in jail, away from the frontline, seemed much more peaceful and safe.
6. They realize that street smarts are more useful in their situation, in the frontline for they are not looking for intellectual success but to survive during the war. So what they've learned in school was no use. “We remember mighty little of that rubbish. Anyways, it has never been the slightest use to us” (Remarque 85).
7. Kropp says that his generation will take time to adapt back to their normal life because the youth only knows how to become soldier. The post war effect will not get rid off like pulling off a sock.
8. The antithesis here is " Not much for twenty years; - and yet too much for twenty years" (89). This shows how the soldiers are both grown up with yet partially youthful; they are facing a very serious situation which is the war, a little too much for an usual 20 year old men however, they are still young and is only starting the climax of their life.. at war.
9. Before going to the front, soldiers are prepared and trained in the "parade ground" without facing the real fear of death. However, many soldiers are not able to stay in the front for a long time, in a mentally normal state because the shock and the fear is way too much for an usual psychological support.
10. Though they would not have been close to each other or even know each other in their normal life, the war was the only connection between them that made them rely on each other. This is very ironic because war is a place for "legal" destructive and massive murder, however, Kat and Paul were able to breed their friendship because of their common goal (of killing) and harsh life conditions that they have to live through.
Kana Ikezawa
B3 AP/Honors Lit
1. Tjaden kills lice by throwing them into a ‘boot-polish tin with a piece of wire over the lighted stump of a candle’ (Remarque 75). Haie jokes about collecting the accumulated fat to polish his boots. The singular for lice is louse.
ReplyDelete2. Himmelstoss’ harsh treatments towards a couple of young recruits have led him to the position at the front. Unfortunately for him, ‘the son of the local magistrate was watching’ his harsh treatments towards these men, and therefore must have reported him (Remarque 76).
3. Haie loves the war, ‘“Your food’s found every day […] you’ve a bed, every week clean underwear like a perfect gent […]in the evening you’re a free man and go off to the pub”’ (Remarque 79). The war has become his dream-life where he has no responsibilities, while at home, he feels trapped in a daily routine.
4. The farmer, Detering, is constantly worried about the cultivation of his village; everyday, ‘he reads the papers that come, to see whether it is raining in his little corner of Oldenburg’ ((Remarque 81). His profession gives him the ability to create and nurture life. This is the opposite of what war is; instead of cultivating life, war kills it.
5. Tjaden was not worried about the argument with Himmelstoss because he felt that anything was better than being at the front, ‘“five days clink are five days rest”’ (Remarque 83). Tjaden also seemed to have no fear because he felt more superior to Himmelstoss after beating him up.
6. The men realize that being “book smart” is completely useless. They question its practicality, especially for the war. ‘At school, nobody ever taught us how to light a cigarette in a storm of rain, nor how a fire could be made with wet wood’ (Remarque 85). This quote implies that “street smart” is a necessity for survival while “book smart” is only for satisfaction.
7. Kropp claims that spending two year with shells and bombs will deeply damage one’s soul; on the other hand, the task of peeling a sock off is effortless. The other men seem to dismiss the idea that they may be damaged by the war. This comparison with peeling a sock off emphasizes the need of accepting the challenges of peeling the war off.
8. The antithesis in the quote juxtaposes Paul and his friends to other “ordinary” twenty year olds. Once one reaches the age of twenty, freedom of experience becomes a number one priority. However, for Paul and his friends, living through the reality of war gives them a sense of maturity that enables them to commit little offenses without much deliberation or care.
9. The “parade ground” is the area of preparation, while the “front” is the area of action. They are both opposites in a sense that the front damages people, while the parade ground heals them or at least takes care of them until they are prepared for more action at the front.
10. The irony of Paul and Kat’s relationship is that not only are the two very different, but they are bonded by the war, which usually tear people apart. Kat’s instinct of comfort and survival earns him the role as a father figure to Paul. The irony here is that Paul volunteered to be away from his family, while the war gave him one.
1.Tjaden rigged up a boot polish lid with a candle and wire and threw in the lice. He says he'll use the fat that accumulates topolish his boots. Singular form is louse, apparently.
ReplyDelete2.Himmelstoss was harassing a couple of young recruits. "He seems to have overdone it with a couple of young recruits on the ploghed field...that cooked his goose" (76)
3.Haie thinks staying at war is easier than going home. He would rather stay. "every week clean underwear like a perfect gent"(79)
4.Detering is a farmer. He is concerned about his wife because she has to take care of the farm. This contradicts the common war-mindedness of most of the soldiers because they are more concerned with pleasure that they are missing out on while at war and not about going back to work after they return.
5.Tjaden is not worried because he thinks jail seems peaceful and safe, as opposed to the dangers of the front line.
6.The men realize that what they learned in school is not helpful in their situation. They say it is more beneficial to know how to survive in the real world rather than be able to recite a text book."We remember mighty little of all that rubbish. Anyway, it has never been the slightest use to us. At school nobody ever taught us how to light a cigarette in a storm of rain"(85)
7.Kropp is saying that the horrors of war will not be easily repaired in the minds of that generation. He contrasts it to a sock, which is easily removed.
8.He says that they can play cards, swear and fight, which doesn't seem like much at first. But then he says "and yet too much for twenty years". This implies that while doing things that normal kids and young adults do, at the same time, they know more and have seen things that the average person will never see or do.
9. The parade ground is where training takes place. The front is where the battles happen. Although the parade ground prepares the soldier for the front, they are completely different. Many things that apply in the parade ground, do not apply in the front.
10.Paul and Kat seem like an unlikely friendship because of their age difference and other things. But the war brings them together, because they must rely on each other to survive. This is ironic, because killing and being forced to tear others' relationships apart, is what brings them together.
1. Tjaden assembles the lid of a boot-polish tin with a section of wire over the lighted stump of a candle to kill the lice on his head and kids about using the fat that slowly accumulates in the tin lid for polishing his boots later on. The singular form of lice is louse.
ReplyDelete2. Himmelstoss seemed to have gotten his “goose cooked” and ended up at the front because he yet again, went overboard in disciplining “a couple of young recruits on the ploughed field at home and unknown to him the son of the local magistrate was watching” (Remarque 76). His extreme methods, similar to his “treatment” for Tjaden and his bed wetting situation did not go unnoticed this time by higher authorities and formed him a place on the front.
3. Haie believes that the stability of treatment in war was better than that of an unpredictable home life. He seemed to find peace in knowing that “your food’s found every day…you’ve got a bed, every week clean underwear like a perfect gent, you do your non-com’s duty”, so in certain ways the recruit’s life was better than struggling to support yourself and your family (Remarque 79). Haie thought the life of a recruit in the army in peace time was great because “you’ve got nothing to trouble about” like responsibility for others (Remarque 79).
4. Detering’s profession is farming and loves his harvesting duties with his wife very much. He worries about the well being of his farm and his animals seeing as he found out two more of his horses were taken away and the hay has not been brought in yet, crucial to having a successful crop. Detering’s profession of farming is polar opposite to war because farming involves nurturing care in order to grow plants and embrace nature for their successful harvesting while war annihilates all nature on the field, leaving nothing but ash.
5. Tjaden does not worry about his argument with Himmelstoss because he knows the worst punishment he could get would be time locked up. To him, time locked up is equivalent to having a break from the fighting at the front which he surely would not mind.
6. In their conversation, the boys try to recall what all they’d been learning in school before they were recruited and realized how useless all the school smarts they may or may not have had, was to them now. They would be no better off even if they were able to remember what “cohesion” meant (Remarque 85). Instead they value the street smarts they have acquired through experience because “at school nobody ever taught us how to light a cigarette in a storm of rain, nor how a fire could be made with wet wood”, which are the lessons that they now appreciate having because they’re helping them survive (Remarque 85). Being able to recite the definition of cohesion would not have saved any of them from freezing to death.
ReplyDelete7. Kropp predicts the idea of PTSD by talking about how their experiences will stick with them forever and cannot be easily removed like a sock. These boys are so young the only independent lifestyle they know how to live is that of a soldier. Their limited understanding and experience of a “normal lifestyle”, Kropp says, will keep them from ever fitting into society just like everyone else.
8. Antithesis is worked into this quote through the expressed contrast of mature habit acquired by young boys. Knowing how to play cards, swear and fight are all mature qualities and are not very many qualities at that, but they are qualities that are meant for more mature experienced men. They are the qualities a man would settle into after having experienced a number of other things in their youth but these boys jumped straight to mature traits, bypassing their chance to live as young adults, carefree and enjoying life because of the massive responsibility they took on so early in life.
9. The front is like a stage while the parade ground is the dressing room. The parade ground would be where you apply your makeup, get ready to perform and it is also where you are still yourself, you would still be Jim the actor with two daughters and a wife at home. However, the front, or the stage is where you become your character Prince William, commander of the Nigerian army, isolated from the real world, in the world of the play. Just as at the front, you forget who you are and you’re just struggling to survive; rank doesn’t matter you’re just trying to survive just like everyone else.
10. The war has them create a comradeship bond, especially so when they steal the goose together. Their situation has them working together to support one another because without their reliance they would be a lot less successful in things like getting food. Because they share a situation they are both trying to survive they form a bond which is ironic seeing that war usually becomes a situation in which everyman is for himself.
1. The singular form of lice is louse. Tjaden throws the lice into the lid of a boot-polish tin over a lighted candle. He fries them, and end the life of the lice.
ReplyDelete2. Himmelstoss' harsh training led to the result of being in the front. " He seemed to have overdone it with a couple of recruits" (Ramarque 76). Unfortunately, the son of the local magistrate was watching his actions.
3. No. When Tjaden asks him , what he would do when peace-time comes. His answer was not to go home and see his family, but rather picturing himself sleeping on a comfortable mattress and then says " if i were a non-come. I'd stay with the Prussians and serve out my time" ( Remarque 78). His desires to end the war is not as strong as the other men. He even thinks of the benefits of being in the army. Probably, because he does not have an easy life from the beginning.
4.Detering's profession is a farmer. He checks the newspaper everyday worrying about the weather, about harvest and his wife who is taking care of the farm herself. This is polar opposite to the war because as a farmer, he is supposed to take care of life, create life, appreciate the land. However, as a soldier he is destroying life and land everyday.
5. Tjaden does not worry because the most he will get is a " five days close arrest" ( Remarque 83). Which to him is five days away from the war to get some rest. You can see that he rather stay in jail then risk his life in the front-line.
6. From the boys conversation, asking questions about things they learned , you can see that they think book-smarts as in people who study in school and the knowledge they gain will be in no use once they;re in war. After giving examples in sarcastic ways, the boys Paul says " We remember mighty little of all that rubbish. Anyway, it has never been the slightest use to us"( Remarque 85). Street smarts are them, who knows how to light a fire in rain to find food to eat. You don't learn about these techniques in school.
7. These boys are talking about how they are lost, and that they don't know what will happen to them after experiencing something so terrifying. Kropp says this experience is not something that they can just forget about, it is not as easy as taking one's socks off. The memory will stay with you forever.
8.The quote is an antithesis because throughout the book, it keeps sending out this message that these young boys are no longer youth, the war has made them old and mature. However the quote shows thing that only boys their age would do,
9.The front is where the real action is , where there is danger waiting for them. While the parade ground is where they train, you don't experience the real horror of war at the parade ground, they perform drill and marches but not really seeing death. Even Himmelstoss' position can change once he was at the front.
10. For these boys, they don't have anything waiting for them, they don't believe in anything anymore. the closest thing they have to love is comradeship. No matter how different you are, under the situation of war, you will help each other and form a strong brotherhood. Especially with Kat, since he is an older man, he is experienced, therefore Paul depends on him a a lot.
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1. Tjaden killed the lice by shoving it into a tin can (Shoe polish can), with lighted candles and wire wrapped around it. He makes a joke by saying the lice juice will make the polish for his shoes.
ReplyDelete2. The way Himmelstoss taught his soldiers and the way he coached them lead to this position. “…unkown to him the son of the local magistrate was watching” (Remarque 76). Since he didn’t notice that the son of the local magistrate was looking. Karma… probably.
3. He probably doesn’t want to go home because. The man reason he doesn’t want to go home is because everything is there, and all you need to do is to simply be a robot and obey orders. If you keep it like that, you can achieve the minimum life supplies you would ever need. “Your foods are found everyday…every week clean underwear like the perfect gent” (Remarque 79).
4. Detering is the farmer who always cares about living lives. He takes cares and nurses the horses and animals. When Detering was in his farm back in the days, he was making lives. But ever since he was recruited, he had to leave his wife, and his work. Which Detering’s wife has to run on her own. When he is in war, he must kill lives, not create and nurse them. But to cruelly take the lives away from his bare hands.
5. Tjaden, cared some what for his penalty, but thinks that jail would be suited for him then anything else.” Well, for the time being the war will be over so far as I am concerned”(Remarque 83). Meaning he would rather get arrested then, getting a spot in the front line. Jail seemed cozier then having to be killed or kill in the front line.
6. This is something I talked about in class, you need to move your body, then your mind, animal instinct. Book smarts are smart in educational terms, but there are people who have better in life. They noticed that knowledge is not as valuable then real life experience.
7. They know that it is not easy forget about everything that happened during their time in war, it’s not like stripping a sock off your feet. As we talked about this last class, we mentioned that people are still traumatized by the brutal scenes they saw during their time in war. Nightmares, and flash backs.
8. They are loose time, and when you’re young. You would be able to do anything you want. But they are limited in what a teen/young adult is capable of doing. Cards, swearing, and fighting are the only options they can coop with. This is the very minimum, a young adult can manage to do, if they were not in war And since they are in war, it feels like its more of a privilege to be able to do those actions.
9. The parade ground is a place where they don’t have much fear in getting killed, in vice versa, when you are in the front line you know that you will go mentally insane, get killed, or get badly injured. Loosing a leg, arm spilling guts, basically anything bad can happen.
10. Friendship is the only thing they have to cling on. Human connection is the only thing they have to keep them self “secure”. It’s ironic, because its war, a place to kill and be human murdering machines. Yet they are still human, and even if they think they can be individual robots to kill. They still find a way to act human, and this is by making bonds.
1. Tjaden killed lice by throwing them on a lid of a boot polish tin that was being heated by lighted candles. He jokingly said that he was going to use the fat of the lice to polish his boots. Louse is the singular form of lice.
ReplyDelete2. Himmelstoss ended up at the front as a punishment for tormenting his recruits to the extreme. Himmelstoss “overdone it with a couple of the young recruits on the ploughed field at home and unknown to him the son of a local magistrate was watching" (Remarque, 76).
3. Haie thinks that staying in the army during peace time is better than going home where there’s “hard work on the heath from morning till night in the heat, miserable pay, the dirty laborer’s clothes” (Remarque 79) to worry about.
4. Detering is a farmer and he is worried about his animals and harvests now that his wife is the only one left to look after the farm. This is the polar opposite of the war because in wars, you kill and destroy, whereas in farming, you cultivate and create new life.
5. Tjaden wasn’t worried about his argument with Himmelstoss because even if he got arrested, he wouldn’t have to face the cruelty of the war for a few days.
6. In the army, book smarts are of no use, because those knowledge that you learn in books aren’t going to help you survive in wars. In school they never teach you “how to light a cigarette in a storm of rain, nor how a fire could be made with wet wood” (Remarque 85). To be able to survive in wars, you need to be a street smart rather than a book smart.
7. Kropp says that the years they spent in war, facing shells and bombs each day, seeing death happening to their closest friends aren’t going to just disappear and leave their lives after the war. It is going to stay with them and haunt them even after the war. Those experiences and memories aren’t going to just go away as easily as peeling off a sock is.
8. Playing cards, swearing, and fighting, are all very simple actions that really, are not much for twenty years. But on the other hand, it is all that they do, and it is too much for twenty years. It is transforming them and isolating them from normal lives. They must face all the cruelties of life at such a young age, and in a way, they become trapped in that brutal lifestyle.
9. The front is where the battles take place whereas the parade ground is where the soldiers train and get ready for the front. They are different in that everything in the parade ground is expected and there are no chances of dying, but at the front, you are on constant alert and danger. Moreover, social ranking only counts in the parade ground because having authority isn’t going to help you survive in the battle.
10. Paul and Kat, if not for the war, would’ve been two completely different people that would have never come together and become friends. The war brings them together because they have a common goal of surviving and they bond over food (goose) and their dependence on one another. It is ironic because war is a place of terror that takes away life, but it can also create such strong and unique bond between two distinct men.