Soldier's war

Laney 2022-01-03 08:01:12

There was no war on the western front. Before watching the movie, I thought this was a story of a group of people who didn’t know what war was and just wanted to make fun. It was the western version of "only Hangzhou as Bianzhou." As the trembling black-and-white footage with dubbing and dubbing gradually unfolded, it was discovered that from beginning to end, there were a lot of war scenes. People on the second line warmly welcomed and embraced the war. Soldiers on the front line were disgusted and helplessly participating in the war. After reading it, when Paul went home to visit relatives from his injury, he seemed to understand that the people on the Western Front, especially the men, were extreme romantic idealistic war enthusiasts. They loved war because they didn’t know the cruelty and ruthlessness of war. , Is the western version of Good Dragon's Ye Gong. "Thirty thousand! Are they the Soviets? No, they are French. The Soviets have more captives." The rejoicing citizens offered flowers to the soldiers who went to the battlefield. The camera unfolds in this way.

In the classroom with the globe, I thought that the teacher was still enthusiastic and talked about his favorite knowledge because of the interference from the march outside. I didn't expect that he was encouraging the students to join the army. His speech was also really wonderful. If he didn't know in advance that it was in Germany, he would be an admirable master who can speak out. These students, who are inspired and motivated by enthusiasm, know what war is when they truly set foot on the battlefield. These personal feelings cannot be experienced while sitting in the classroom. This may be their only gain. Of course, just as their teacher said, "strong body, green eyes with godly eyes" was achieved. This is not fake, but it was exchanged for the lives of 20 classmates in the class, even Paul himself. In the end, he will sleep forever on the battlefield, with the subtle and warm dreams of the little butterfly.

"War is to attack each other, try to avoid being killed, that's all." As soldiers on the battlefield, our side is still the enemy, the one who was once good or evil, the one who loves war or the one who hates war, it is the same. War is to kill and avoid being killed, brutal and naked. Not poetry, not so romantic and emotional. The only emotion is the mutual cherishment of life, whether it is a comrade-in-arms or an enemy. This is a student who was inspired by the teacher's enthusiasm, personally experienced the most concise and straightforward confession after the war.

"I tell you I don't want to kill you, I just want to survive!" The dead French soldier was calm and smiling, but what was left to the German soldier Paul was infinite pain, contradictions and self-blame. There is actually no obvious difference between the French and the Germans. They are actually the same. They are both humans. Just like the tryst between German soldiers and French women, it will not be cancelled because of language barriers, military officers’ warnings, or hostility between the two countries. They need food, and they need women, nothing more.

"What is the reason for the war? The mountains of Germany are angry with the plains of France?" The opposition between countries and the hatred between the people must be someone who did a "good thing". Caesar wanted to fight, and every king did it. It takes war to become famous, and the general wants to make war accomplish them. The native soldiers, who have the will of the people but are led by the king, get confused when they see the cherry blossoms. They can go out on vacation when they expect to harvest. Wine and women-hold her for half a month without letting go, dig mine After the coal, I drank beer happily. Will I still be able to read books after the war is over? Here is their most real wish.

"You have to take care of your body; I will pray for you every day and try my best to give you as little dangerous work as possible; I have prepared two woolen underwear for you, which are very well knitted and can keep warm in your backpack. "The simplest and most sincere words in the world, my mother's exhortation to her children before leaving, her eyes became warm and her heart melted when she saw this. She is not beautiful and old, and her clothes are not well-dressed and procrastinated, but she is the one who can affect your heart the most. Wherever your mother is, your home is. Thinking of what Fanla said, "Everyone fights to go home", probably to go home to stay by his mother's side.

I think everyone in the story does not have a true counterpart on the battlefield, but all the words and deeds of the German soldiers in the story can be found in the German soldiers who actually participated in the war. They are not just one, but a group.

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All Quiet on the Western Front quotes

  • Hair-peak soldier: And manufacturers. They get rich.

    [murmurs of agreement]

    Albert Kropp: I think it's more a kind of fever. Nobody wants it in particular, and then all at once, there it is. We didn't want it. The English didn't want it. And here we are fighting.

  • Albert Kropp: Ah, the French certainly deserve to be punished for starting this war.

    Detering: Everybody says it's somebody else.

    Tjaden: Well. how do they start a war?

    Albert Kropp: Well, one country offends another.

    Tjaden: How could one country offend another?

    Tjaden: You mean there's a mountain over in Germany gets mad at a field over in France?

    [Everyone laughs]

    Albert Kropp: Well, stupid, one people offends another.

    Tjaden: Oh, well, if that's it, I shouldn't be here at all. I don't feel offended.

    Katczinsky: It don't apply to tramps like you.

    Tjaden: Good. Then I could be goin' home right away.

    Paul Bäumer: Ah, you just try it.

    Katczinsky: Yeah. You wanna get shot?

    Tjaden: The kaiser and me...

    [the others laugh]

    Tjaden: Me and the kaiser felt just alike about this war. We didn't either of us want any war, so I'm going home. He's there already.

    Hair-peak soldier: Somebody must have wanted it. Maybe it was the English. No, I don't want to shoot any Englishman. I never saw one 'til I came up here. And I suppose most of them never saw a German 'til *they* came up here. No, I'm sure *they* weren't asked about it.

    Paul Bäumer: No.

    Detering: Well, it must be doing somebody some good.

    Detering: Not me and the kaiser.

    Hair-peak soldier: I think maybe the kaiser wanted a war.

    Tjaden: You leave us out of this!

    Katczinsky: I don't see that. The kaiser's *got* everything he needs.

    Hair-peak soldier: Well, he never had a war before. Every full-grown emperor needs one war to make him famous. Why, that's history.

    Paul Bäumer: Yeah, generals, too. They need war.