Chapter Nine Summary

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In this section of the book, Paul finally understands what the war is about

and why he is there. But he learned this grim reality after a traumatizing event. He begins

to see the devastation and agony the war brings accompanied with its empty heart.

After being reassigned to a flank that is brought in whenever the battle

plans go wrong, Paul prepares for battle. But he is reassured knowing his faithful

comrades, Kat and Albert, are at his side. But Kat and Albert can't assist him with his

mind struggle for the company of his mother. While conversing with Kat and Albert,

Paul's hunger can be contained no longer and he pulls out his mother's potato-cakes. Paul

pauses for a minute and pictures his mother in front of a hot stove with a broken heart.

Paul's thought of this brings him to tears, but he must push this to the depths of his heart

in preparation for the arrival of the Kaiser.

The soldiers spirits are lifted after being handed new equipment that

shunned their old ones. Paul and his comrades begin to converse of the war and the

Kaiser's arrival which erupts into a debate of who is the enemy and who is the good guy.

They regard that both sides are defending their homes and their

the man's name, Gerald Duval. Paul's heart is then conquered with guilt when he sees a

shell-hole so he awaits for the accurate time to run. That time comes when a shell blast

he died slow due to the scratched leaves alongside his feet. It is truly a devastating sight

his actions and begins to see that the man had done nothing wrong, but defend his country.

his last breath to stop war and its travesties.

Approximate Word count = 1303
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: Novels

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