Humans are animals 2 Humans are the most intelligent species on this planet 3 Humans are the most compassionate of species 4 Humans must be taught things like love 5 Humans are the only species that are twofaced ID: 323044
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Vote with your feet
Humans are animals.
2. Humans are the most intelligent species on this planet.
3. Humans are the most compassionate of species.
4. Humans must be taught things like love.
5. Humans are the only species that are two-faced.
6. Humans are intrinsically self-centered.
7. Good and bad are universal, not culturally specific concepts.
8. The notion of comradeship is largely the result of shared experience.Slide2
Human Nature vs. Human Condition
Human condition
: the positive and negative aspects of existence as a human being, esp. the inevitable events such as birth, childhood, adolescence, love, intimacy, reproduction, aging, and death
Human nature
: the psychological qualities that characterize humankind, especially in contrast with other living things. Slide3
Statement about the human condition:Humans rely on each other for companionship but are able to harm each other for self-preservation.
Novel application:
Remarque shows this reality by discussing how war affects the relationships between soldiers.
Ch 4 about the bombardment. Paul helps out the young recruit by placing helmet over his backside. Later, however, he takes an active part in agreeing with Kat to kill the soldier when he is mortally wounded in the hip.Quotation:“’We’ll be back again soon,’ says Kat. ‘We are only getting a stretche
r for you.’….Kat looks around and whispers: ‘Shouldn’t we just take a revolver and put an end to it?’” (72)Slide4
Statement about the human condition:Through the lens of war, Remarque shows a human’s capability to feel guilt and remorse.
Novel application:
Remarque shows this reality by discussing how the horrors of war affect a soldier’s psychology.
Ch 9, Paul kills a French soldier in what he convinces himself is self-defense after they both occupy the same shell hole. Afterwards, he is caught in the torture of his own mind as he looks through the man’s wallet. Quotation:
“Irresolutely I take his wallet in my hand…each word I translate pierces me like a shot in the chest;-- like a stab in the chest.” (225)