What happens in All Quiet on the Western Front Chapter 9?
In Chapter 9 of All Quiet on the Western Front, Paul is happy to find his friends alive and unhurt at the front. Second Company receives a surprise visit from the Kaiser, who fails to impress the soldiers. Paul then volunteers to go into no man’s land, and gets lost.
What happens to Paul on scouting duty?
What happens to Paul on scouting duty? How is he saved? How does he feel about his comrades? He gets lost in the trenches and looses his sense of direction therefore ending up on the enemy line.
What happens to Paul when he returns to the front what happens to Albert?
What happens to Paul when he returns to the front? What happens to Albert? He has lost his dodging instincts and gets injured on the leg and arm. Albert gets hurt in the knee.
What quality about the Kaiser does Tjaden most admire?
What quality about the Kaiser does Tjaden most admire? Tjaden mostly admires his leadership. In the context of this chapter, how does the phase “sputtering speck of existence” help reinforce the theme of comradeship? This means that the soldiers help each other, and share the same existence.
Does Paul tell anyone about killing the printer?
As dark falls again, Paul’s survival instinct reawakens. He knows that he will not fulfill his promise to the French soldier. He crawls back to his trench. Hours later, he confesses the experience of killing the printer to his comrades.
Who is Mittelstaedt?
Mittelstaedt (MIHT-tuhl-shteht) Paul’s friend who commands the home guard and uses his authority to humiliate Kantorek, their former schoolmaster, even parroting some of Kantorek’s favorite sneers. To circumvent punishment, Mittelstaedt relies on his ongoing relationship with the daughter of his superior officer.
Why is leers name symbolic?
What is symbolic about Leer’s name? Leer means to have a lustful or sly look as Leer does. Why do the men feel hostile toward Ginger? He resists in giving them the extra rations and continually makes them come back from the fighting to get their own food whereas other cooks bring it up to the men at the front.
Who is Gerard Duval?
Duval is an enemy soldier, a French man, who crawls into the shell crater in which Paul is hiding during a bombardment. Paul stabs him with his knife and spends hours staring at the man who slowly dies in front of him.
Why is Paul afraid on patrol?
Why is Paul afraid on patrol? Paul is terrified of patrolling in the dark.
Who is Mittelstaedt all quiet?
Mittelstaedt. One of Paul’s classmates. Mittelstaedt becomes a training officer and enjoys tormenting Kantorek when Kantorek is conscripted as a soldier.
What is the significance of Kemmerich’s boots?
Kemmerich’s Boots Paul brings them to Müller after Kemmerich dies and inherits them himself when Müller is shot to death later in the novel. In this way, the boots represent the cheapness of human life in the war.
What is a latrine Rumour?
What is a “latrine-rumour”? They were like gossip-shops. Who is Kantorek? The boys’ schoolmaster who convinced them to go to war because it was the honorable and courageous thing to do. Why does Muller wish Kantorek were there?
What do Himmelstoss and Kantorek have in common with the Kaiser Why does Kat think the war is useful to the Kaiser?
What do Himmelstoss and Kantorek have in common with the Kaiser? Why does Kat think the war is useful to the Kaiser? Kantorek leads the boys into danger. Kat is trustworthy and wise and teaches the boys how to survive.