In chapter two, we see Paul reminiscing over his poems and plays that he wrote abundantly while at home. Paul and the other soldiers have lost their zeal and human need for curiosity and growth as a person. When out on the front, the risk of them dying is high and survival is of utmost priority. The men are currently living at the bottom of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, a psychological theory, in the Physiological section. This means that the top priorities of the men are eating, sleeping, and basic bodily functions while they did not spend time or energy focusing on meeting their personal potential or “self-actualization”, which is at the top of the pyramid.
In the book of Philemon, many scholars differ in their opinion of why Paul wrote a personal letter to Philemon, the master to Onesimus. A couple of those reasons could be that Paul hoped that Philemon would release the slave so that he could work for him or that he wanted Onesimus to be treated better than before since slaves were treated harshly. Although, there were suspicions as to why Onesimus could have gotten himself into trouble. These reasons consist of him stealing property or money from his master, then accidentally running into Paul while he was in prison. The other reason consisted of him displeasing his master and leaving out to find Paul.
“Now listen, my children and you shall hear Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere,” (Longfellow 1-2). These are the famous words to Henry Longfellow’s poem Paul Revere’s Ride that made Revere one of the most legendary and heroic figures in American history. Longfellow was an abolitionist that wrote the poem around the time of the civil war to “Rouse patriots from a deep indifference and tell them that they may soon be called to act heroically themselves,” (Johnson 20-21). Though his poem is not historically correct, Longfellow’s version of Paul Revere is impeccable; a cunning strong man who dies for the cause of patriotism.
In chapter 9 he says, “I thought of your of your bayonet, of your rifle; now I see your wife and your face and our fellowship. Forgive me, comrade. We always see it too late…you are poor devils like us, your mothers are just as anxious as ours, and we have the same fear of death, and the same dying and the same agony—Forgive me, comrade; how could you be my enemy?” (Page 223) Paul realizes that the soldier that he has killed is no different than him.
It is in chapter 6 when we start to see the Paul is experiencing despair. After a heavy attack with the French, Paul and the other soldiers take the chance to fall back and rest for an hour. While Paul is standing watch, his memories start to wash all over him, but the memories don’t bring him joy or calmness. The memories bring sorrow and he start to believe that his youth is forever gone along with his hopes and dreams. It is also in this chapter that Paul and looked and listen a fellow solider die for 3 days, and even with their best efforts they could not find
It helps us readers realize that soldiers are human beings that suffered from PTSD way before there was ever a term for this mental disease. The feeling of belonging because of the strong bond between comrades and the feeling of not belonging or fitting in society because of what they’ve been through. The many struggles Paul went through in his head shows how much our human mind can endure and adapt to any environment no matter how bad the circumstances. It also shows both sides of the battlefield, there is no right or wrong it’s just men who want to survive, driven by the thoughts and memories of home or what once was. The cost of war is too high of a price to pay for all the pain and suffering soldiers, their families and the civilians have to endure.
Now that the people have made the decision to remove this old self and the practices they were once involved in, Paul has invited the people to continue this journey of living in a new lifestyle that brings reconciliation with Christ. “The audience have “put on” like a new set of clothing the “new human being” which is constantly being renewed by God “for knowledge” (Heil). This can be seen in the life of Jesus, once he was crucified he had taken all of the sins of the people and once he was resurrected that sin he carried was removed. Paul is inviting us to take similar actions, rather than being filled with anger, idolatry, and many other emotions and behaviors, he calls for the people to have hearts filled with compassion, kindness, humility,
Paul is part of the lost generation his only aim, like that of his comrades, is survival. He envies the older soldiers who have a life once the war ends, those who can forget, those who have a trade, a family, a passion. They envy those who have hope and faith, for Paul and his comrades have none of that. They will not do anything but war and will never forget it. Just like Paul states, “[their] early life is cut off from the moment [they] came [into the war] … all the older men are linked up with their previous life.
Paul states, “It is distressing to watch their movements, to see them begging for something to eat”(Remarque 190). Paul is having a difficult time in the war at this point and cannot stand the fact of seeing people die anymore. He had also just
He refers to the Apostle Paul who “carried the gospel of Jesus Christ”, then stated that he was “compelled to carry the gospel of freedom”
In this passage, Paul agrees that reading literature is necessary for individual improvement and societal advancement. However, she believes that "deep reading" differs from and is more effective than skimming articles on the Internet, using both fact and strong rhetoric to prove her point to be true. First, Paul utilizes the appeal of ethos to convince readers that fiction readers are more empathetic than those who do not read by using studies from Mar and Oatley, distinguished scholars in the field of psychology whom agree with her. This immediately gives Paul's argument credibility, for readers are swayed to agree with scholars who have devoted years of their lives to studying a specific topic, the human brain in this case.
I was a soldier, and now I am nothing but an agony for myself, for my mother, for everything that is so comfortless and without end. I ought never to have come on leave. " Paul cannot connect with his mother, father, or any of his personal possessions because he realizes that he is not the same person. He has to live in fear of the dangers of war, not of the superficial worries of his past. He has formed a new family, and eventually as all his friends die, he becomes satisfied with his own impending death because he knows that although his entire time has been filled with struggles, he will no longer have to fight and will be at peace.
“This book is to be neither an accusation nor a confession, and least of all an adventure, for death is not an adventure to those who stand face to face with it” (Remarque). For any soldier fighting at war, death is anything but an escapade for a soldier who is prone to being blown to pieces at any moment. Paul is one of these soldiers who fears death in the beginning. At a certain point of time, Paul becomes so accustomed to death that the brutality and the barbarousness of war become an everyday thing for him. This causes him to become inured to death thus starting to appreciate life more and being happy about what he has rather than what he does not have.
Layers of illusions are burned away and all Paul has left is reality. In Willa Cather’s tragic short story “Paul’s Case: A Study in Temperament,” the flowers capture the reality world Paul departs from. For instance, critic Sherry Crabtree asserts that the red carnation symbolizes Paul’s alienation from the world of Cordelia Street (Crabtree 206). Crabtree observes the patterns of how the flowers reveal Paul’s negative outlook on life. On the other hand, some critics claim that the flowers capture the fantasy world Paul envisions.
1. D. Scarlatti (1685 – 1757) Sonata in G Minor K.426 Sonata in G Major K.427 The Italian composer Domenico Scarlatti, son of equally renowned composer Allesandro, wrote 555 sonatas for keyboard (mostly for harpsichord or fortepiano) during his lifetime. The letter K. before the number of the work stands for Ralph Kirkpatrick who produced a chronological edition of the sonatas in 1953.
