Partners with Jake Klasons
Chapter 2:
Chapter 2:
MAIN CHARACTERS: Himmelstoss, Paul Baumer, Muller, and Kemmerich.
MAIN EVENTS: This chapter sets up the background to how the soldiers view being in the military and the war. At first the boys were excited to join the military. As soon as they were three weeks into boot camp, all eagerness and enthusiasm was wiped away. This is also where Himmelstoss is introduced. This chapter began describing how mean and cruel he was to his soldiers in training. It also shows how the younger soldier’s daily lives before the war are just distant memories in the past. The chapter wraps us with Paul going to visit Kemmerich in the medical ward. He sits by his bed and tries to convince him that he will have a full recovery from his surgery. At the end, we find out that Kemmerich does not make it through his leg amputation. Paul gathered Kemmerich’s things from under his bed and brings Muller Kemmerich’s boots. Muller had had his eyes set on them since the day Kemmerich was injured.
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