AQWF Chapter one Analysis
In the book All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque, Paul Bäumer says ¨We are none of us more than twenty years old. But young? . . . We are old folk.¨ (18). Youth is able to be interpreted many different ways; it can be related to age, but it can also be related to the qualities of a person(or any noun for that matter). Even if a person is not young they can have a youthful mind, soul or body. However, the opposite is true as well. Aged minds, souls, or bodies exist at every stage; prodigious acumen, heavy hearts, and worn frames exist regardless of their actual age. The statement ¨We are satisfied and at peace¨ (1) is an ‘old’ thing to say. It shows that Paul is unhurried enough, appreciative enough,
In the book All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque, Paul Bäumer says ¨We are none of us more than twenty years old. But young? . . . We are old folk.¨ (18). Youth is able to be interpreted many different ways; it can be related to age, but it can also be related to the qualities of a person(or any noun for that matter). Even if a person is not young they can have a youthful mind, soul or body. However, the opposite is true as well. Aged minds, souls, or bodies exist at every stage; prodigious acumen, heavy hearts, and worn frames exist regardless of their actual age. The statement ¨We are satisfied and at peace¨ (1) is an ‘old’ thing to say. It shows that Paul is unhurried enough, appreciative enough,