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All Quiet on the Western Front

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About the Author

Early Years
Career as a Writer and Filmmaker
Later Years

About the Novel

Introduction
A Brief Synopsis
List of Characters
Character Map

Summaries and Commentaries

Preface
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve

Character Analyses

Paul Bäumer
Himmelstoss
Franz Kemmerich
Albert Kropp
Leer
Kat
Gérard Duval

Critical Essays

Major Themes
Style
Symbolism
Rhetorical Devices
A Note on World War I and Its Technology

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Chapter Eleven

gendarmes police officers in France and Belgium.

Verey light a flare gun.

latrine poles poles that serve as toilet seats above holes dug to contain human excrement.

A1 a person who is fit for military service. Lesser degrees of fitness rate C3 or B3, for example.

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