The novel, All Quiet on the Western Front, depicts how chance contributes to the fate of German soldiers throughout the war. Essentially, the rare occurrence of chance aids the gruesome lives of soldiers. Likewise, chance has the power of destructing or deteriorating the German Infantry Platoon. After all, a single chance can determine the fate of life or death. It is apparent that chance plays an important role in war.
The element of chance accompanies the soldiers throughout the war in the novel. On various cases, chance, the probability of anything happening, helps these unfortunate young soldiers. First, throughout the long and drastic years of war, the soldiers in the novel persistently ponder about women. These include women older than their age, their wives, or even, a woman on a colourful poster. Also, when Haie Westhus is asked about what he would do after the war, he immediately thought of women. In this case, chance revealed itself by having three beautiful French women materialize in front of the soldiers when they went out for a swim. “There is one slim brunette” that particularly catches Paul’s eyes, “...[and] her teeth gleam [as] she laughs” (Remarque, 144). Leer, Kropp and Paul “ fling remarks at them in broken French, anything that comes into [their] heads…[and] anything to detain” the women (Remarque, 144). Later on that night, they …show more content…
It’s obscurity can alter the survival of a soldier and can potentially define it. The power of chance is beyond the reach of anyone and it’s effectiveness can either alleviate or perhaps shatter a soldier’s life. Chance aids the horrid lives of soldiers, yet can make a soldier’s life horrid. In any event, a soldier can encounter both or either one, a useful chance or an unwanted chance, inevitably. It is strange that chance is invisible yet, at the same time, so surprisingly
The element of chance accompanies the soldiers throughout the war in the novel. On various cases, chance, the probability of anything happening, helps these unfortunate young soldiers. First, throughout the long and drastic years of war, the soldiers in the novel persistently ponder about women. These include women older than their age, their wives, or even, a woman on a colourful poster. Also, when Haie Westhus is asked about what he would do after the war, he immediately thought of women. In this case, chance revealed itself by having three beautiful French women materialize in front of the soldiers when they went out for a swim. “There is one slim brunette” that particularly catches Paul’s eyes, “...[and] her teeth gleam [as] she laughs” (Remarque, 144). Leer, Kropp and Paul “ fling remarks at them in broken French, anything that comes into [their] heads…[and] anything to detain” the women (Remarque, 144). Later on that night, they …show more content…
It’s obscurity can alter the survival of a soldier and can potentially define it. The power of chance is beyond the reach of anyone and it’s effectiveness can either alleviate or perhaps shatter a soldier’s life. Chance aids the horrid lives of soldiers, yet can make a soldier’s life horrid. In any event, a soldier can encounter both or either one, a useful chance or an unwanted chance, inevitably. It is strange that chance is invisible yet, at the same time, so surprisingly