First, as the soldiers trudge to the front line, empty coffins are spotted in a deserted schoolhouse on the side of the road. The soldiers beg

In conclusion, Paul Baumer describes how war creates feelings of dehumanization caused by trench warfare; at the same time, however, he provides examples of experiences in war which might make the young soldiers more human. First, the soldiers face isolation when coffins are spotted in a deserted schoolhouse off the road. Second, Paul communicates with the captured Russian soldier and temporarily cures the isolation. Third, the losses of classmates from his generation die one by one leaving Paul alone and abandoned. Soldiers of war experience many types of isolation and dehumanization through warfare and having friends and enemies die off one by one, loneliness can be overwhelming sometimes.

Second, the war begins to move on and while in the battle the soldiers and Paul Baumer capture a prisoner known as the Russian soldier. Paul Baumer begins to connect with the Russian soldier and takes pity on the poor fellow. Paul thinks of all the suffering that the poor man must w

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