Essential Question: Why is “Kat” so successful in obtaining goods for the Second Company?
You should know the answers for these questions
- Why does Tjaden want revenge on Himmelstoss?
- What is the revenge that gets accomplished?
- What is Knopp’s definition of how war should be fought?
Summary: Remarque wants us to understand that revenge is necessary when one is humiliated and degraded. That some men are quite resourceful when put into the heat of the moment to the benefit of others who they care for. The wrong people fight war; leaders should be out on the front lines.