~ Classwork ~
Spymbolism - Love/ Romance
Supporting Reference - "I wish I had never thought of them; but desire turns my mind to them involuntarily and I am afraid for it might be impossible ever to be free of them again." "But then I feel the lips of the little brunette and press myself against them, my eyes close, I want it all to fall from me, war and terror and grossness, in order to awaken young and happy; I think of the picture of the girl on the poster and, for a moment, believe that my life depends on winning her. And if I press ever deeper into the arms that embrace me, perhaps a miracle may happen..." p 150
11. Paul�s visit home:
Symbolism - Changed life-death of childhood
Supporting Reference: "I cannot find my way back, I am shut out though I entreat earnestly and ut forth all my strength."..."Words, Words, Words-they do not reach me." p 172 & 173
12. The Russian Prisoners
Symbolism - Shared Humanity/ Common Sense of Hopelessness
Supporting Reference - "They are more human and more brotherly toward one another, it seems to me, than we are." p. 192
13. Sharing the Goose with Kat:
Symbolism - Friendship/ Comeradery
Supporting Reference - "We dont talk much, but I beleive we have a more complete communion with one another than even lovers have." p 94
14. The Death of Gerard Duval
Symbolism - Destructiveness of War
Supporting Reference - "Forgive me comerade; how could you be my enemy? if we threw away these rifles and this uniform you could be my brother just like Kat and Albert." p. 223
15. Paul�s friends� voices in the dark during combat
Symbolism - Hope
Supporting Reference - "They are more to me than life, these voices, they are more than motherliness and more than fear; they are the strongest, most comforting thing there is anywhere: they are the voice of my comerades." p 212
16. The Death of Kat
Symbolism - Death of Friendship/ End of Hope
Supporting Reference - "My legs and my hands tremble. I have trouble in finding my water bottle, to take a pull. My lips tremble as I try to think. But I smile- Kat is saved." p. 290 "The orderly is mystified. "You are not related, are you?" No, we are not related. No, we are not related. Do I walk? Have I feet still? I raise my eyes, I let them move round, and turn myself with them, one circle, one circle, and I stand in the midst." p. 291
17. Paul�s death
Symbolism - Peace, Completion
Supporting Reference - "He had fallen forward and lay on the earth as though sleeping. Turning him over one saw that he could not have suffered long; his face had an expression of calm, as though almost glad the end had come." p. 296
18. The Boots
Symbolism - Life
Supporting Reference - "before he died he handed over his pocket-book to me, and bequethed me his boots-the same that he once inherited from Kemmerich. I wear them, for they fit me well. After me Tjaden will get them, I have promised them to him." p 279