� Exposition
o Flashback to boot camp
o Break from the war
o Paul remembers those who die
Chapter 4: War
� Wiring � shell attack + mustard gas
Chapter 5: Back Lines
� Life of a soldier
o Sheer boredom or survival
o Primitive
o Metaphor � lice � soldiers are numerous � killing becomes tedious
o Lice are like soldiers. You just keep killing them and killing them and you will find more to kill.
o Albert � the war has ruined us for everything lost generation � lack of imagination.
o Coffins
Chapter 6: War
� Soldiers become beasts
Paul � Chapter 11 � change in tone
� Paul no longer cares
� Death has become normal
� Loss of individuality
Detering goes AWOL
� Cherry Blossoms
� Caught by military police
� Homesickness
Chapter 12 � Autumn � Symbolic of approaching death - harvest
� Paul sits in garden all day � Paul has old soul