1. The setting of the story is in Germany during World War I
2. Paul�s ideas about men like Kantorek are that they don�t know what they are getting people into. He thought that war was a glorified thing but it was just hell. Paul also thought that Kantorek was an energetic and uncompromising person.
3. The first bombardment and the first killing made Paul more aware of there mistake of joining the army. It made Paul more aware of the reality of war.
4. The story is not generally about Germans. It�s about anyone in war. All people in war endure the same hardships.
5. The mood or atmosphere of the story so far is regret. Regret for listening and believing Kantorek and volunteering for the army.
6. One of the themes so far is that war is not what people might think. One does not earn glory in war the earn suffering.
7. The theft of Kemerich�s watch represents how desperate people are in war.
1. Paul�s generation feels like wasteland because at this young time in there life they didn�t really have anything to live for. Elder men had a wife, children, occupations, and interests. But they had nothing.
2. Himmlestoss was known to be the strictest disciplinarian in the camp, and was proud of
it.
3. Two important effects on Paul�s military training are that he has become more tough now which will get him ready for the harsh trenches. The second thing is that it has awakened a practical sense which in the field develops into the finest thing that arose out of the war: comradeship.
4. The significance of Kemerich�s death is that Paul looses his human nature. Now he care only of himself and the most important thing is to stay alive.
5. The irony of the phrase �We are the iron youth� is that in reality they are old folks with nothing really to live for.
6. Paul is an intelligent character who realizes what war really means.