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Friday, December 30, 2011
All Quiet on the Western Front-Chapter 9: Paul's partnership with his comrades
Paul Baumer seems to be very comforted by Katczinsky, Tjaden, and Albert. This is obvious for two reasons. First off, of course he's comforted by them because if he didn't have them fighting alongside him, he would feel lonely and insecure on the front. Secondly, Tjaden and Albert have endured high school with Paul, so they've known him long enough to understand how he feels about things. The comfort level between Paul, Kat, Tjaden, and Albert is also evident in chapter nine, page 212. Paul tells the reader that he his friends are "more than motherliness and more than fear; they are the strongest, most comforting thing there is anywhere...".Paul also says that he and his friends are "nearer than lovers in a simpler, harder way". This gave me a whole new way of viewing Paul, Kat, Tjaden, and Albert's friendship. Nearer than lovers...Paul couldn't have been more serious and detailed on page 212 of the book when describing his partnership with his favorite comrades.
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Nice blog about how his partnership with his comrades affected him. during WWI and during WWII most soldiers would fight alongside family members and school mates when they signed up to enter the war. the companionship most solddiers had helped to bring them throught the war and survive the horrors that it shoves upon them. This is shown in the book about how he is willing to help albert by traveling to the hospital with him.
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