Western Front Chapter Summaries
Chapter 4 Protagonist/s: Marie-Laure LeBlanc/ Werner Pfennig Antagonists: Germans Time: 8th August 1944 Setting: Saint-Malo, France Summary: Von Rumpel learns where Etienne’s house is located, and enters the house. Werner and Volkheimer are still trapped under the hotel. They try to think of a way out. Werner is still trying to fix the radio even though he had concluded that it is broken beyond repair. Marie-Laure finds 2 cans of food. The bombing seemed to have stopped, so she went to the bathroom. Then she hears that someone had entered the house. Theme: This chapter is significantly slower paced. It provides insight to the characters inner thoughts. Werner is still trapped under the thick layer of rubble. He starts to question why he is still alive, he thinks of his sins in the past; He felt like he had betrayed his sister. The slow pace of the story also increases the narrative tension as the stranger (Von …show more content…
He states that he has been taken well care of. She keeps going to the beach with Madam Manec, and learns the way without guidance. Madam Manec and other old women create a group to resist against the German rule. The group begins to work mischief against the Germans. One of the resisters, Hubert Bazin leads Marie-Laure to a locked grotto, and gives the key(of the grotto) to her. Madam Manec is also given what kinds of information that will be valuable for the Allies. She asks Etienne to help her by transmitting the information using the radio in the attic, but he refuses. Hubert Bazin disappears. Policemen come to Etienne’s house to report what had happened to Marie-Laure’s father. Etienne becomes even more paranoiac and bans the resistant meetings in his house. Madame Manec gets pneumonia; she recovers then relapses and passes away. Marie-Laure receives a letter from her father that if she wants to understand his disappearance she must look “inside Etienne’s house, inside the house” (289,chapter
Summary Of All Quiet On The Western Front
758 Words | 4 PagesThe author of All Quiet on the Western Front makes it very clear that he condemns war. The story is told through the eyes of an 18 year old student who enlisted in the army after his professor convinced the his class to serve for their country. From that point on, Remarque leads the reader through the battlefield with Paul and gives an unpleasant idea of the psychological impact the war has on the young soldiers. Paul begins to see his friends suffer from severe anxiety attacks with nightmares and uncontrollable shaking, while the “seasoned” soldiers in the company don’t seem to have any emotions toward the events going on around them. These are only a couple of the things that suggest that the author is against war and the stress it brings
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Rebellion In 'All The Light We Cannot See'
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All Quiet On The Western Front 'And War Triptych'
931 Words | 4 PagesWorld War I is a well-known historical event, which resulted in immense casualties and distress in the early 20th century. The war paved the way for significant political changes to occur, and entirely reshaped the European map. Propaganda of the war was published once veterans and families were comfortable enough to share their experiences subsequent to the drastic war. Erich Maria Remarque 's All Quiet on the Western Front and Otto Dix 's "Transporting the Wounded in Houthulst Forest" and "War Triptych," portray the notion that war dehumanizes its soldiers and strips them of their identities. Remarque demonstrates this idea by telling solemn stories about soldiers in the war, while Dix renders graphic images of the horrors of war.
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Lycanthropic Culture Shock Character Analysis
1455 Words | 6 PagesThis proves itself by how Claudette took on a large dose of self-confidence and independence. At the installation of the fourth section, Claudette ignored Jeanette’s need for help and continued with what she needed to accomplish for herself to be successful at the time. Claudette’s confidence and independence shows her understanding of situations and comfort in her new life. Further along in the fourth stage, when the Debutante Ball began, Claudette had her hair swept “back into high, bouffant hairstyles” and was “wearing a white organdy dress with orange polka dots” while eating fancy hors d’œuvres (Russell 242). This display of comportement further shows her confidence and acclimation to the human culture through her ability to stand the high class situation.
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683 Words | 3 PagesEntry 1- The book starts off about a couple of kids who were born and raised on the streets they are trying to make a better place. The three boys George, Rameck, and Sampson clean the street by picking up trash and fixing the broken benches with Sampson’s brother Andre. Sampson breaks his foot after dropping concrete on it during his attempt to move a concrete slab with Andre.
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1218 Words | 5 PagesEsteban Gonzalez Professor Voth Humanities Oct 7, 2014 All Quiet on the Western Front Paper This story wastes no time getting into the hardships and devastation that war has on a young soul. Our protagonist Paul, a young man who has voluntarily joined the war out of amongst many of his friends and classmates have undergone 10 weeks of mentally and physically exhausting both in training and on the front lines.
Similarities And Differences Between Lucie And Madame Defarge
917 Words | 4 PagesLucie and Madame Defarge differ in their character traits, but are similar in their devotion to their goals. Lucie is a very loving, caring and gentle person. In the year 1775, Jarvis Lorry, an English businessman and an old acquaintance of Alexander Manette, informs Lucie Manette that her father is still alive and was released from prison. She is absolutely shocked when she hears the news because she thought her father was dead her whole life. They then go to France together to go bring back her father.
Girls Raised By Wolves Analysis
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Summary And Symbolism In All Quiet On The Western Front
382 Words | 2 PagesThe words “poplars” or “trees” are frequently referred to throughout the entire novel. Remarque repeatedly uses them as the symbols of beauty and innocence of youth. As he conjures up the past and its memories, Paul describes, “but most beautiful are the woods with their line of birch trees…then the birches stand out like gay banners on white poles, with their red and gold patches of autumn-tinted leaves” (Remarque 180). The description of the trees and the imagery that is associated with them is vividly beautiful. The poetic language and structure contain underlying symbols of the beauty and innocence of the soldiers’ past.
Catherine Barkley Character Analysis
918 Words | 4 PagesAt the beginning of the novel, Frederic Henry arranges a tour to Italy during the world war one. When he returns to the front, he meets Catherine Barkley; she is a British nurse at the British hospital. However, the recent death of Catherine`s old fiancé affected her deeply that she will settle for the illusion of it. Catherine pretended to love Henry that awakens a desire for emotional interaction in Henry, the war has left coolly detached and numb.
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