He began writing Erich Remarque "Three Comrades" in 1932year. In 1936 the work was completed, and the novel was published by the Danish publishing house. It was translated into Russian only in 1958. A careful reading of the novel "Three Comrades" (Remarque), the analysis of the work allows us to reveal its problems. The author develops the theme of the "lost generation" in it. Ghosts of the past continue to persecute people who have been through the war for the rest of their lives.
For a long time the war ended (World War I).In Germany, the economic crisis. And the souls and destinies of people are completely maimed. Three friends at school, and then to the front - Gottfried Lenz, Robert Lockman, Otto Koester - work in the same workshop. They are engaged in repair of cars. Robert has a birthday, he turns 30 years old. He remembers his past: his childhood and school years, the call to war in 1916, Koester injury, death of many comrades. In 1919 there was a coup. Both Robert's friends were arrested. Next - inflation and hunger. Back home, Robert changed several professions: he was first a student, worked as a pilot, then the driver and, eventually bought his own workshop for car repairs. Friends became his partners. The profit is small, but it allows you to live more or less normally. However, the past does not let go of comrades. They find oblivion in vodka. Lentz and Kester got a few bottles of rum, but they will celebrate the holiday after work. Friends bought an old car and equipped it with a powerful engine. They went to his "Carla" on the road to fun: Skip expensive cars, and then easily overtook them. When the friends stopped to order dinner, a Buick rolled up to them. Passenger car was Patricia Holman. She took part in a merry feast. Robert rented a furnished room in the guesthouse. After the holiday, he returns there. Among his neighbors are Count Orlov, Hasse's wife, George Blok, who dreams of becoming a student. They are all very different, but they help each other as best they can. Robert invites Pat to a date. They go to the bar. The conversation with Robert's Pat was only made after a large number of rum.
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Kester recorded "Carla" to participate in the race.Despite the banter of rivals, friends win. Barman Alphonse invites them to celebrate this business for free. Robert and Pat go unnoticed. She stays overnight with Lokman. With work it became tight. Friends buy a taxi at an auction and carry passengers in turn. Pat calls Robert to him. Once the apartment belonged to her family, and now she removes only two rooms there. Pat talks about himself. Robert manages to sell the renovated Cadillac to the businessman Blumenthal very profitable.
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A successful deal allows Robert to take a vacation ontwo weeks and go with Pat to the sea. During the rest she felt sick. At home bleeding opened. She has been in the hospital for two weeks. Jaffe, treating doctor Pat, insists on additional treatment in the sanatorium. Robert gave her a thoroughbred puppy - a gift from taxi driver Gustav. There are very few passengers, that is, money.
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Robert comes home, and there's a new misfortune.The owner of the broken car went bankrupt, and all his property went under the hammer. Including this car. And since he was not insured, friends from the insurance company will not get anything. Their workshop was also auctioned. The pat was assigned bed rest. Robert gets drunk with despair. In the city there is a rally. Lentz left there in the morning and still has not returned. Otto and Robert find it. At the rally, a young man with fascist slogans comes forward. When friends leave, four guys suddenly appear, one of whom shoots at Lenz and kills him. Alphonse is called to help in finding the scum. He finds it and kills. Kester and Robert go to a sanatorium. Pat let out for a walk, but she's no better. She knows about it, and friends know, but everyone is silent. Lentz's death is not told to her. Kester leaves, and Robert stays with Pat. She dreams of being happy, even if only for the rest of the time. In March, the mountains began to collapse. Pat becomes worse, she no longer rises. She died before dawn. Leaving painfully and hard. Pat clutched Robert's hand, but did not recognize. A new day will come without it.
