"At the sound of the first droning of the shells we rush back, in one part of our being, a thousand years. By the animal instinct that is awakened in us we are led and protected. It is not conscious; it is far quicker, much more sure, less fallible, than consciousness. . . . It is this other, this second sight in us, that has thrown us to the ground and saved us, without our knowing how. . . . We march up, moody or good-tempered soldiers—we reach the zone where the front begins and become on the instant human animals.
"Why would Paul characterize himself and his comrades as "human animals"?
I think in this summery he describes the soldiers as being “Human Animals” because there not seeing what’s happing on the battle field, I don’t think they know what to expect, and in I way I think they feel scared not knowing, and because of that they fell as if their an animal with the instinct that their being threaten but they don’t know how to react.
In one of the paragraphs that I was reading it explained how a man was walking through the fields where they were and in a blink of a eye he was down on the floor but not because he had been shot but because their were flies over him. So he really didn’t know what was over him but out of pure instinct he stayed down.
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I thought it was really interesting that you said, "there not seeing what’s happing on the battle field, I don’t think they know what to expect, and in I way I think they feel scared not knowing". I didn't really think of it that way. I thought of it more as its an instinct to kill in order to survive. But now that I think about that is also a characteristic that animals may have.
Hey ramona I think that your blog was great and you were making your point, but we all have different opinions on things. in the part where you quoted "I don’t think they know what to expect, and in a way I think they feel scared not knowing, and because of that they feel as if they're an animal with the instinct that their being threaten but they don’t know how to react." I have to disagree with you because my opinion on this topic is the opposite. I think that when they approach the battle-field, their instincts change and become animal like. Usually animals have quick reaction and they know when to be alert since they have better hearing then human beings. I do agree with you about the part where you say "in a way I think they feel scared not knowing" because this may be true and so the outcome of it is to just follow your instinct and do what you think is best.
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