Chapter 5

   In chapter 5 Himmelstoss really starts to become the rude, immature man he really is. In the beginning of the chapter he approaches the soldiers who ignore him and tells Tjaden to stand up. Since Tjaden truly hates Himmelstoss why would he stand up for him, instead he moons him and quickly runs away. Himmelstoss is now fed up with the way he has been acting and will soon punish him. Later when Himmelstoss returns to punish Tjaden he is gone and no one says where he has gone. Soon after Himmelstoss takes the men to court but he doesnt really win the battle. Himmelstoss is given a big lecture on how to treat soldiers and that war is a time to be tattletaling for every little thing that goes on.Tjaden is given a 3 day open arrest which really isnt an arrest at all and Kropp gets one day open arrest. You could not even consider it an arrest because their fellow soldiers came over and played cards and ate with them.

  After the trial Paul and Kat go to a shed where they had seen geese. They figured that these geese would make a good dinner for them. Paul hops over the fence and finds he is facing 2 geese. They are too much for him and soon start to cackle and squawk when he tries to kill them. Slowly Paul gets the hold of the geese and throws them over to Kat. Together they roast the goose and find themselves getting close. You could describe the mood at the time of the goose roasting as calm and peaceful because the two boys are sitting there making a meal and no one is yelling there is no violence is is just peace. In the book it it says "the hour is like the room: flecked over with the lights and shadows of our feelings cast by a quiet fire". This means the dont know how each other feel. They are both at peace with one another.


Photo: This photo is of the rations that were issued to soldiers during WW1. If i had to eat this food during the war I to would probably kill a goose for food because this is not enough to feed a soldier.

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