All Quiet On The Western Front: Life In The Army

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(p. 224) he describes the importance of good food in the war and depicts that decent food is quite rare. Since the soldiers are not given enough food, the army life proves to be extremely dangerous.
Second, the shelter provided by the army does not appeal to the soldiers since it does not fit the soldiers’ needs. These shelters are often infested with lice, rodents, and other insects. After being around such surroundings, the soldiers adapt to their new smelly, gloomy, and dirty environment. Other shelters such as trenches often become destroyed by incoming ammunition or abandoned because of mustard gas. Since the soldiers adapt to such surroundings, it becomes quite rare to them to see clean sheets or a clean bed to sleep in. The dwellings provided for the soldiers prove to be useless to the soldiers since they constantly jumped for dugout to dugout. These dirty lodgings supplied for the soldiers appear insignificant to people who hold such amass importance. Since the army ...

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190)he describes the torturous life of a prisoner of war. The advisors of these inmates show their harshness as they taunt the prisoners with bread and sausage until they get greedy and the advisors decide not to give the captives any. After taking in away, the advisors tempt the imprisoned soldiers by slowly slicing the bread and extravagantly dine upon it. As Paul says, “ Their life is obscure and guiltless…But as it is I perceive behind them only the suffering of the creature, the awful melancholy of life and the pitilessness of men.” (p.193), he describes the pain and suffering felt by the captives day in and day out. Paul soon decides that he will forget these sites until the end ...

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