Chapter 2 Big Idea Writing
In Chapter two one of the biggest
things in the beginning of the book happens, Kemmrich dies, leaving the whole
group of soldiers psychologically in ruins. Muller notices Kemmrich’s condition
and then points out the boots and asks if he could have them. The narrator
describes Mullers hunger for Kemmrich’s boots: “I live, I feel a hunger,
greater than comes from the belly alone.” (pg. 33) Muller takes advantage of
opportunities in a world of limited resources.
Just as the men could feel like
anything could go wrong, Kropp, Muller, Kemmrich, and Paul are all sent to
Platoon 9, controlled under Himmelstoss. Himmelstoss uses a variety of
get-tough-disciplinary measures, making Paul scrub the latrine with a tooth-brush.
“…under his orders I have scrubbed out the Corporals’ Mess with a tooth-brush.”
(pg. 23)
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