Key Quotations (AQA A-Level English Literature A): Flashcards
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Who narrates All Quiet on the Western Front?
Who narrates All Quiet on the Western Front?
Paul Bäumer
Why do soldiers suppress grief?
Why do soldiers suppress grief?
To avoid psychological collapse; it's a survival mechanism
Emotional state beyond troubled?
Emotional state beyond troubled?
Indifference - dangerous emotional numbness
'Little flames poorly sheltered' metaphor means?
'Little flames poorly sheltered' metaphor means?
Soldiers' fragility & vulnerability to madness/destruction
'We are forlorn like children...we are ___'
'We are forlorn like children...we are ___'
lost
Who should've been 'mediators & guides' to youth?
Who should've been 'mediators & guides' to youth?
Older generation/authority figures/teachers
How does Paul describe enemy soldiers?
How does Paul describe enemy soldiers?
'Poor devils like us' - fundamentally identical
What makes soldiers enemies per Paul?
What makes soldiers enemies per Paul?
A word of command - arbitrary/political construct
Who said 'The war has ruined us for everything'?
Who said 'The war has ruined us for everything'?
Albert Kropp
The 'lost generation' concept?
The 'lost generation' concept?
Young men destroyed by war even if physically survived