Monday, January 2, 2012
Chapter 4; page 55
On page 55 in chapter 4, Paul the narrator, talks of the earth as though it were his friend. He sort of worships the earth. " To no man does the earth mean so much as to the soldier." really stuck out to me. This quote basically means that a soldiers life can sometimes rely on the earths protectiveness. When a soldier lets his body sink into the soft earth he can disappear and hide away from enemies and weapons. Another quote that got my attention was " she is his only friend, his brother, his mother; he stiffles his terror and his cries in her silence and her secerity; she shelters him...". This quote says that he can trust the earth ot always be there, to comfort him and shelter him from the terrors of the war. Others who did not fight in the war do not understand the importance of the earth to a soldier bacause their lives did nit depend on it.
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I agree with the importance of that first quote, the way he says all of the details really makes it important. I agree also with him because without earth's natural shelter, many soldiers would have been dead.
ReplyDeleteI never thought of the way you viewed those quotes! That part never made much sense to me but the way you put it really stuck out. It's a realy great way to see it.
ReplyDeletei liked this chapter expcially because how the narrator used personification. paul said that he felt like the earth was like their mother, brother, etc. he had said how the earth protected them in a way that made them feel like earth was their best friend. in my opinion, i think that what he meant was that the earth to them was like a source of secureness, almost as if it was there to protect them. the way paul describes the earth, he makes the earth seem almost human because of the use of personification and that is why it was my favorite chapter of the book.
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