Extension of class discussion

In our final class discussion of All Quiet, we touched on the religious mentions and imagery throughout the novel. This made me think of a scene in the middle of the novel when Haie brings French bread with a little blood on the corner of it. The blood and bread brought to my mind the blood and body of Christ (bread as the body and wine as the blood). They don’t have wine but in war blood is always present. I haven’t thought this out much, but I think it is an interesting way to read that moment under religious ideas.