Personal Narrative-All Quiet On The Western Front

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Here we are, in the middle of this brutal battle. It’s nothing like I expected. It seems like we’ve been here for years and have achieved nothing. The dark and gloomy battlefields that we now call home are infested with rats and the constant odour of dead soldiers that are lying beneath us. The deafening sound of blood-filled screams leave me tormented: I start to welcome the continual barrage of shells, wondering which one is finally going to end this traumatic experience that is now my life. The tempting thought of suicide hammers at my mind every time I get a glimpse of a gun. I look to my left and I see my best mate pull the pin of the grenade that is about to plummet into the enemy trenches and kill half a dozen people. This is the reality of war. …show more content…
I think of the shame of returning with only defeat to show for our efforts, and fear it will haunt me forever. My boy looks up to me greatly and I can’t imagine the guilt I will feel when he has no hero to look up to. It is another torture within the war itself. Throughout each night the horror doesn't stop as the merciless war continues. I am desperately trying to sleep, but the vast numbers of stars distract me: I see in their numbers the extent of the casualties of war. A thud interrupts my thoughts, another casualty of war, another star in the sky. The pain in my feet grows as the trench foot infection becomes more intense by the minute. I start to doze off but am suddenly woken by the Corporal barking orders at the top of his lungs,
“Righto you lot, with your Aussie convict blood, the General has a mission for you.”
As we line up in formation the Corporal paces around giving us the briefing for the horrific task being laid upon

Personal Narrative: All Quiet On The Western Front

Nazi’s. He said yes, but then said no, that he was only a messenger of Timothy L. Jones. I was shocked, why would Tim send a messenger? I asked the boy what the message was. The boy replied with, “I’ve been seen by the night owl and have been plucked of all my feathers. The high sun’s peak is when the ground claims me.” I knew what Tim had meant. He wanted the message to be somewhat inconspicuous. I gathered my things and left at once. On the way to the concentration camp. I could only think of the terrible…

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Personal Narrative: All Quiet On The Western Front

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Personal Narrative-All Quiet On The Western Front

He walked towards me, gait confident, chin upturned, like all the officers around here-as if they had done the entire world a favour by just being around here. A gait befitting a Nazi soldier. He looked at me and asked commanded me to come with them. Knowing better than to disobey, I followed him, reluctantly. The Inquisition room was circular and depressing. A group of stern faced German Nazi soldiers sat in a circle, viewing me as a piece of Jewish meat newly came. What a show. Even the most…

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Personal Narrative: All Quiet On The Western Front

This was the day, battle day. As I arrived at the front camp, we gathered around, preparing our supplies and loading our guns. I strapped my rifle across my chest, making sure it was accessible for battle. Going into the battle, I was aware of my orders and was prepared for any attack that would strike us. As a soldier, my duty was to protect the German side and to stop the British before they get close enough to penetrate our trenches, and take over our base. Before the battle, I had very little…

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Personal Narrative: All Quiet On The Western Front

and we knew that he had been through some very bad times while there. He was able to send letters to my Grand mother every once in awhile. In some of the letters he would tell of friends that would not be coming home, and how hard being in a trench all the time was. He tried to describe the smell of gasses used during the war to us in his letters but it was hard to imagine. Since he has been home no one has mentioned or asked him about any of it. At home our country was still suffering greatly.…

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