“The Lost Generation” Remarque
Thesis: In All Quiet on the Western Front, a wounded German soldier recounts his actions in the war, seeing himself as part of a lost generation.
- On the floor below him are the abdominal and spine cases
- On his right are the jaw wounds, gas cases, nose, ear and neck wounds
- On his left are the blind and lung wounds, pelvis wounds, and wounds in the joint
- 2 soldiers died from tetanus: skin turns pale, limbs stiffen
- Many have shattered limbs; some have a basin placed beneath their wounds to catch the pus
- These wounded people have faced and a life which struggles through the pain
- Hospitals alone show what war is
- He is young, yet only knows about despair, death, fear, and sorrow in life
- He is disillusioned; that much bloodshed was unnecessary
- Killing in the war was his generation’s first calling in life
- Therefore, their “knowledge of life is limited to death”
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