Summary Of Chapter 9 Of All Quiet On The Western Front

War is something many people can have the chance to experience, but few actually make it through the journey.In various senior symposium lectures and readings have revolved around the life of war and the lives that war impacts. War has more negative externalities than positive externalities when comparing the two. War drastically changes the way a person reacts to situations, a soldiers home life and relationships, and causes possible trauma for many of the men.
The way a person reacts to situations after being in a dangerous environment is slightly different from a person with a regular life and events. People within the war are affected greatly by how to react to certain situations. These men have a different mindset than most because their

In Chapter 9 of All Quiet on the Western Front readers received a first hand glimpse of having the mindset of survival. Paul recounts the event as , “ My hand grasping the knife-ready, if he stirs, to spring at him again”(Remarque,1985,1929,pg.216). Although he felt as though in the end his reaction was not the best, he was taught to react to situations off of instinct. These men have to be very quick and solid with their reactions to any possible threat. In war this is a good trait to obtain but everyday living in the community is the opposite, these men will now be looked at as a threat to society. Their mindsets are now trained to kill whenever they feel that they are being threatened. During one of the lectures a former soldier by name of Dr.Alan Ferrell discussed their mindset and challenges. Dr. Ferrell detailed how being in war creates a bond with fellow soldiers which results in them only feeling connected to them ( Ferrell, 2017). Those men that feel this way will only result in them going back to fight in war in order to feel with purpose. It is also interesting how Dr. Azdell spoke on how every person has a purpose in life that

Due to the many of things that they have heard and seen soldiers return home not only different physically but mentally as well. In the poem Break of Day in the Trenches is highlights the environment the men were in. The poet describes it as, “less chanced you for life, bonds to the whims of murder,sprawled in the bowels of the earth, the torn field of France”(Rosenberg, I., & Parsons, I. M.,1979). This poem is the perfect example in giving an image the men endured and witness everyday while fighting. These men witnessed this for not week but months while fighting. The soldiers suffered emotionally due to partaking in killing many men, watching fellow soldiers die slowly, and struggling to create brotherhood. Emotionally these men will never be the same due to war. One author says, “ even though they have escaped the shells they were destroyed by war” ( Gayle, 2017). This has an everlasting impact on the way that these men think and interact with others. Although war instills strength, courage, and discipline it can also break a person down drastically. Many people recall the negatives of war on their lives while still acknowledging the fact they fought for their