At such a young age, to be introduced to the horrific reality of war, rapes the soldiers of all desires and hopes of their home. Before they even reached the front, Paul and his comrades were moved to entering the war to express their patriotism by the words of their pr

Fear is the most grueling battle a soldier must fight on the front in order to escape insanity or even death. At first, Paul was driven to support his country, but as time passed reality started hitting harder then ever before. During a powerful battle scene, Paul is in a shell hole, and talks to the body of a French man that he has just killed, who was as scared as he, and would have probably been alive if it weren’t for the fear and adrenaline inside Paul. “Comrade, I did not want to kill you. If you jumped in here again, I would not do it, if you would be sensible too. … But now, for the first time, I see you are a man like me.” The author describes these fears in Paul, who speaks for the entire “Iron Youth” when he is in a dangerous position and suddenly is struck by the arrows of reality. “My brain is taxed beyond endurance.” When Paul goes home on leave, he just can’t seem to pick up his old hobbies or even enjoy his time with family and friends. After experiencing the extreme emotions and events in life, everything else seems so insignificant. “Images float through my mind, but they do not grip me, they are mere shadows and memories.” Paul recognizes how war has taken everything precious away from him.

War not only physically mutilates the human body, but also mars it mentally. I

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