All Quiet on the Western Front
No one wanted to be there; it was a place where starvation, gangrene, corpse eating rats, flame-throwers, gas shells, and finally, death were commonplace. Erich Maria Remarque elaborately revealed this in the book "All Quiet On The Western Front". Hell may have a few small differences to the war, such as less fire and no red man with a pitchfork but other then that, World War One was hell.During the course of World War One, both the physical and mental torment was appalling. No one could say with certainty which was worse, because they were both more shocking than anybody who wasn't in the war could ever imagine. On one hand, you have physical pain, which could include anything from hunger to slowly bleeding to death by a bombshell fragment or gunshot wound. "(Kemmerich) They have amputated my leg..........(Paul) you must be thankful you've come off with that,.........besides, you'll be going back home. (Kemmerich) Do you think so?" (27) Can you imagine being envied by others for having your
(223)" Without your needs being met, you start to do things you wouldn't normally do. leg amputated? If you survived, having your leg cut off was considered lucky. Medicine was only for what hurt on the outside. They don't have fun, freedom, very little empowerment, and survival is at an all time low in their lives. Good because you can rely on your comrades and they will die for you and vice versa. Even those who had a gun shot wound ended up going back to the front to fight, they just had time off to heal first. In conclusion, World War One was Hell if not worse. Bad because you are totally devoid of your individuality and that is depressing. If we didn't have those, we'd be robots. Our whole society relies on our having separate abilities and traits. So I say to him: "Comrade, I did not want to kill you. Had they been promoted in their ranks or Himmelstoss had used his need positively instead of so negatively, it wouldn't have happened. When the classmates of Paul beat up Himmelstoss, their empowerment needs weren't being met.
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