ipl-logo

Creative Writing: All Quiet On The Western Front

1493 Words6 Pages

As the 104th moves on from their real first test of battle, Stash is relieved he made it out of there alive. One thing for sure that this first battle taught him is always to be aware of what is around him. He told himself, just like in training, he can’t take his eye off anything from this point forward. He now knows this is real. There is no going back now. For now, Stash gets a moment of rest. The battle has ended with the Germans being pushed back further after suffering what appears to be heavy losses. His unit is ordered to get some sleep right after they woof down some food. They will indeed be required for additional service Stash sits down and rests his back against a tall oak tree. Acorns are still littered on the ground, so …show more content…

The sudden loud noise jolts him to attention. He isn’t too sure where he is or what is going on but he knows from the little experience he has, he needs to take better cover; more than just this tree but he is pinned down. He can’t move even if he wanted to. All hell breaks loose. Guys are firing in all directions as more German shells explode dangerously close to them, creating craters in the dirt. Spent shell casings, shrapnel, and even body parts are starting to litter the landscape. Stash knows he’s in trouble. Ammunition is coming from all directions as guys scatter to find cover. Guys are shouting to take cover and return fire. No one knows the exact location of the German army, and with all the wild shooting, they have as good a chance hitting one of their own as they do hitting the Germans. Stash continues to take cover behind the oak tree which just a few minutes ago which gave him comfort during his nap. No sooner has he rolled over to take cover behind the tree, then several rounds from a German machine gun nest open up on the very spot Stash was resting in. He grabs his M1. Still in a haze from his sleep, he tries to decide where to point his gun. There’s so much smoke and commotion he fails to see the …show more content…

He, along with the rest of the unit, will need to find safer cover. But where? Directly in front of them on either side is the German army dug in. They don’t know the strength in numbers of the Germans, but from the number of rounds, it’s not a small platoon holding out. It’s most likely several units. To their rear is a wide-open farm field offering no shelter of any kind. Stash can see out across the field some of the guys with him are not so lucky. Lifeless bodies strewn across the field, mowed down by German machine gun fire as they try to flee the

Show More
Related

  • Andre Cailloux Life And Accomplishments

    820 Words  | 4 Pages

    It had suffered severely from the first, but the gallant captain was seen all along the line encouraging his men with brave words and inspiring them by his noble example. His left arm was shattered [struck by a Minié ball above the elbow], but he refused to leave the field. Now in English and then in French, with his voice faint from exhaustion, he urged his men to the fullest measure of duty. In one heroic effort he rushed to the front of his company and exclaimed, “Follow me!” When within about fifty yards of the fort a shell smote him to death, and he fell, like the brave soldier he was, in the advance with his face to the foe.

    Read More

  • A Rhetorical Analysis Of Gettysburg By Carl Schurz

    353 Words  | 2 Pages

    Schurz is been seen addressing the following event in very detailed content, and due the fact he feels sympathize for soldiers laying dead and wounded on floor. Through detailing he makes reader to think about the harm and cause of the event. Document contains specification of how brutal the situation was gotten and he was feeling extremely

    Read More

  • The Rear Guard Trench Analysis

    104 Words  | 1 Pages

    In “The Rear Guard” the soldiers in the trench are depicted as “muttering creatures” showing the intense fear and poor conditions they they are suffering. The conditions are shown to be terrible, as it says “Tins, boxes, bottles, shapes too vague to know, A mirror smashed, the mattress from a bed” This shows that the soldiers have let the trench become untidy, possibly because of an attack by the enemy or a mutiny, either way the soldiers rather face the hellish conditions that have been created in the trench than face the war above; not even to remove the body of a fallen

    Read More

  • George Patton Research Paper

    1095 Words  | 5 Pages

    A round had entered thru his left thigh and exited near his ass causing him to start losing a large amount of blood. The other soldier that had come unwounded in the advanced bandaged Patton’s wound up and wanted to try and get him back to safety but Patton refused. Patton made the soldier run back to the tank brigade and give the position of the German machine gun nest.

    Read More

  • Alvin York: The War Hero

    376 Words  | 2 Pages

    They were in the middle of a nest of danger. Confused, the Germans surrendered after a brief firefight. But they quickly realized how small the American’s group was, they had their surrendered soldiers take cover while their gunners shot the Americans. Nine died along with the commander. Another soldier took command and ordered York to silence those gunners.

    Read More

  • Contents Of A Dead Man's Pocket Literary Devices

    1021 Words  | 5 Pages

    The setting of the “Ambush’ was dark and intensely. In the story it says,” Shortly after midnight we moved into the ambush site outside My Khe. The whole platoon was there, spread out in the dense brush along the trail…” This quote shows and lets you imagine the setting of this story. The setting of “Contents of a Dead Man’s Pocket” was dark and was tense, and noisy and cold.

    Read More

  • Canadian Nursing Heroes

    545 Words  | 3 Pages

    Stahl, a frontline trench soldier, was injured by artillery shrapnel in the battle of Moreuil Wood, which took place in March of this year. He was taken to a nearby medical site, where he was treated and tended for over two months, until he was released on Friday. “It feels good to finally be out of the hospital” Stahl stated at the end of his first rehabilitation session late last night. “During my time at the hospital, the nurses treated me like I was their child.

    Read More

  • What Is The Opening Sequence Of All Quiet On The Western Front

    835 Words  | 4 Pages

    His efforts are rewarded when the men stand up and all go to join the military. Soon they all quit school and go off to base where they start basic training after they have acquired the basic skills a soldier needs they are ship off to the western front. The young men are put together with another more experienced group of soldiers that take them under their wings. Almost immediately they are sent out to lay down barbed wire so that the enemy would not be able to get to their side as well. However during this they are greeted by their first fire fight.

    Read More

  • A Comparison Of Enemy At The Gates And All Quiet On The Western Front

    652 Words  | 3 Pages

    The narrator, Paul Baumer was the last to die in his group, and it was a relief for him. He wanted to go and run away forever but he was stuck on the front and was not allowed to more. He even tried to escape the front on day, he was caught and was forced to return. These young men

    Read More

  • Essay On The Lost Battalion

    832 Words  | 4 Pages

    Likewise the movie, the book describe the time when the battalion was mistaken shelled by American batteries. In his book, Lost Battalions, Richard Slotkin, writes,” Artillery bombardment was the most terrible aspect of combat on the Western Front,...........but to be bombarded by your own artillery was the most demoralizing thing that could

    Read More

  • Creative Writing: All Quiet On The Western Front

    818 Words  | 4 Pages

    His case of trench foot has got so bad that he can no longer walk and just sits there all day, all night, awake, crying and complaining, until we all want him to disappear. As I looked up, I could feel and hear the roaring flames. The fire was still blazing and burning, with every single second creeping closer towards our trench. Every moment a bomb hits the ground, more fire is unleashed, spreading wildly. Sometimes soldiers that were too close to the edge would be severely burnt by the fire and couldn't move afterwards, skin blistered and raw.

    Read More

  • Passchendaele Movie Analysis

    741 Words  | 3 Pages

    They, a part of the reserve corps, are called up after both companies face some difficulty, and Michael’s platoon defends their territory. David is crucified when he chases the Germans to their trenches when they retreat, and Michael runs over to try to keep his promises of bringing David back alive. He is injured but succeeds. He later dies, but David survives but has to get his leg amputated, thousands die, but in the end, no ground was gained.

    Read More

  • Creative Writing: The Sniper

    832 Words  | 4 Pages

    The Sniper The air was clean and the westward breeze had just begun to settle in; Thresher was still glancing at the mobilization order on the table. He had been in the army only for three months now. He was being called out to war! Not just any war, this one was going to be a game changer. For the last seventeen months, several aid workers had been held captive in a hostile zone.

    Read More

  • The Wars By Timothy Findley And The War Horse By Lee Hall

    1044 Words  | 5 Pages

    He meets five other soldiers, and experience trench warfare at its finest. Robert takes in charge and saves himself and his fellow soldiers. Here Robert makes his first kill as he shoots a German soldier, shortly realizing his mistake as the German soldier had no interest in killing them, but was bird watching, “This would haunt him”. Robert is lost and gets raped at a mental institution by fellow

    Read More

  • The Boston Massacre: Guilty Or Murder?

    610 Words  | 3 Pages

    Damn’ em. Daring’ em to fire. Threw snow balls. I think they hit ‘em. As soon as the snowballs were thrown, and a club, a soldier fired.

    Read More

More about Creative Writing: All Quiet On The Western Front

Open Document