Paul talks about the portable latrines and how ridiculous it was how the soldiers were shy at first and how using them is natural. (Shows difference in behavior since the war began)
Paul and friends play cards and reminisce on their teacher, Kantorek and how he basically forced them to enlist in the army.
Paul goes to visit Kemmerich in the dressing station and sees that his leg has been amputated and realizes that he doesn’t have the will to live.
Muller tries to persuade Kemmerich to give up his comfortable boots.
Paul on his way out bribes an orderly with cigarettes to give Kemmerich a dose of morphia.
Kropp tells the others that Kantorek has called them the Iron Youth. A term a glory in Kantorek’s eyes. Not one in the soldiers’ eyes.
Here Paul must be worried about Kemmerich and if he will recover from his amputation. He also feels betrayed and tricked by Kantorek and how he made the war seem like a game, a thing of glory or honor.
"We are accustomed to a good deal in the billets, but this makes us feel faint" (Remarque 13).
Billets- lodging for troops
"Often they rise in a sheaf as they follow after an airman"(Remarque 9).
Sheaf- any bundle, cluster, or collection
War causes countries to carry out actions that may harm their allies in order to harm their enemies. The cartoon shows Britain as John Bull with a bat labeled England Blockade Rule. The cartoon also shows three children with bumps on their heads labeled neutral commerce and American shipping. John Bull is saying to Uncle Sam, "I'm trying to hit him." Referring to the Kaiser.
The cartoon refers the the British shipping blockade during the war which caused neutral countries' commerce to suffer.
I learned that freindship is important and can give a person a reason to live during a terrible event such as war.
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