these trenches are very narrow only enough to have bit of room for the person next to you. This made diseases to easily spread such as influenza‚ fever‚ typhoid‚ and malaria. One of my buddies I share a spot within the trenche just died‚ right in front of me.
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division covering a 1‚500–2‚000 yards (1‚400–1‚800 m) front. A second line of seven divisions followed‚ with one infantry division and six cavalry divisions in reserve. Six German divisions held the line opposite‚ in a front position and a reserve position the R-Stellung (R-Position) further back. French artillery observers benefitted from good weather but on the night of 24/25 September‚ heavy rain began and fell until midday.[1] The German front position was broken in four places and two of the penetrations
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Through the mist of the morning‚ the scarlet leaves could be seen. In front stood a tree‚ waving its arms at me. The sky wasn’t visible to my sight‚ the deep grey clouds were disappearing‚ and the sun was nowhere to be seen. Regardless‚ I continued my journey with my obsolete umbrella firmly tucked under my arm and against my battered coat; that I have been wearing for the past fifteen years. The roar of engines could be heard as I continued my journey. The mist thickened into a dense fog‚ mirroring
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Julia Chapman All Quiet on the Western Front Theme Graphic Organizer | Theme | Example | Pg # | Significance | 1. Nature of Power(How individuals control others) | “Under his orders I have scrubbed out the Corporals’ Mess with a tooth-brush.”“There’s a great deal of polishing being done. We are inspected at every turn. Everything that is torn is exchanged for new…the Kaiser is coming to review us. Hence all the inspections.” | 23201 | The Corporal is manipulating his power to get the men
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the ability to distinguish right from wrong” (193). This quote was made by the elf Arya while she was consoling Eragon on feeling guilty about all the enemies he had killed. This quote was said when Eragon and Arya were traveling back to the Varden and just after the pair had escaped from a group of Galbatorix’s soldiers‚ but unfortunately they had to kill all of the soldiers so their whereabouts would not be discovered. This passage stands out because it has a deeper meaning than many of the other
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The enemy army fell into a chant‚ it seemed to be coming from all sides; we soon found out that it was. They had split their force into three groups to surround us each group with as many troops as our entire army. Their berserkers lead the charge while the rest of their men threw javelins and axes. We all looked to our general for orders only to find that an axe had split his skull open. Panic spread like wildfire‚ some charged‚ some
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animals. He uses animalistic imagery to do this. The claustrophobic recruit referred to in this quote can’t stand being in the trench for another second. He begins to listen to reason‚ but then‚ his emotions get the better of him. Being out on the front has caused the recruit to act differently than he otherwise would have. The stress and fear caused him to snap. 3. “If your own father came over with them you would not hesitate to fling a bomb into him.” Ch.6P. This quote relates to the theme
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All Quiet On The Western Front : Quotes KEY ; Quotes‚ Source‚ My opinion/own words. Key words Lost Generation – (young boys leaving school and going to war for their country) (Page 85) ‘’That’s what set us apart and made our parents’ world a little difficult for us to understand; because somehow we were always gently bound up with that world‚ submissive to it all‚ and the smallest thing led us onwards along the path of eternity. Perhaps it was just the privilege of our youth – we were not
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In this part of the book the group starts finally seeing some action happening around them‚ there are patrol helicopters flying overhead in the desert‚ and they constantly have to take cover. One day they are behind some rocks and hear gunfire‚ they begin to engage the enemies in combat‚ yet they notice the sound of the guns they are using are the sound an MP5‚ a sub-machine gun‚ and that the Bzadians don’t use those guns‚ they use ones from their own technology. This enemy makes them surrender
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Throughout the whole movie‚ the idea of bringing honour to Germany is always mentioned and that is one of the reasons of why Paul had joined the army and gave his life for it. At the beginning of the movie‚ Paul’s teacher kept talking about how they are all grown up men now‚ that are about to graduate so they should start to fulfill there duties as German citizens and repay back their country. Kantorek kept speaking about the glory of Germany and that everyone should be proud to be German; he mentioned
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