Writing response 4

Authors note: Remarque is setting a scene in  this chapter that shows the boys realizing what it means to be a man of war. How to take care of yourself and those close to you. that is why I decided to write a poem.

my ears are banging
the bombs are falling
Our lives are hanging
as we are all bawling

my pulse increases
everyone sees my pain
everything is flying in pieces
and falling down on me like rain

The roar of our friends
makes our bodies quiver
as the noise of the bombs end
as we see that terrible red river

I will live another day
even though my friends are dead
how will I go on today
with a broken thread

And though this day I feel so sad
I know that I am still alive
Even though the battle was so bad
My friends death gives me drive

I will not fail them
those so close to me
and I will pray for their mum
and this is how it will be
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This is the mimic line I chose to use. "The roar of the guns makes our lorry stagger, the reverberation raging away to the rear."(53)

The roar of our friends makes our bodies quiver as the noise of the bombs end as we see that terrible red river.

All quiet on the western front chapter 2

In Chapter two of the novel All Quiet on the Western Front, Erich Remarque is trying to convey a message of "Manhood and Childhood". The loss of innocence is great for these young men because it shows that the war's horrendus deeds are erasing the images of childhood, these young men are starting to realize what it means to become an adult.
Though these so called "iron youth"(19) seem ready to fight and survive, they don't know what it means yet. Paul and his friends still have the innocence  and must be woken up to show that they know what to do and how to do it so that they might be able to understand and act upon their will to survive this war. For these boys thought that war would be easy and that they could be lazy, yet once they saw Kimmerich die then Paul realized. Life is something so fragile that it can be taken at any moment. Now is the time to wake up and say that he lives in this world and that he will survive. Now is the time in our lives to let go of the childish things. We no longer need the rattle or to be coddled, for we are strong and can understand right from wrong. There will be things in life that are uncomprehendable, but there will also be no limits to what we can learn and what we know. For we are still kids at heart even if we do not show it. But our outside appearance is who we are shown in that world. Will we be a coward? Courages? Scared? We may never know unless we can control and get up out of the play pen to show who we can be. Just like these boys need to learn in this novel.

Life, Death, Beauty

Life, what is it?
Beauty, what is it?
Death, what is it?
These three things are portrayed in our lives. They represent us every-where we go and in almost everything we see and read. Our minds are controlled by those who are able to think outside the boundaries of these three things. Our life is not contained in a box, yet we go through every day as though we believe it is just another day. We need to go through every day as though it is our last on this earth. In the Bible, Jesus died on the cross for our sins. He lived a live of amazement and magnificance yet still he loved us and even though he was hated here and loved there he lived outside the boundaries. His death was beautiful and not just the way it was set up, but because what he died for. The movies are a good example of this, they portray a specific death as a beatiful scene even though someone is dying. These are the outer limits, they can make or break you, all you must do is choose.