novels of all time. It is a story, not of Germans, but of men, who even though they may have escaped shells, were

destroyed by the war. The entire purpose of this novel is to illustrate the vivid horror and raw nature of war and to

change the popular belief that war is an idealistic and romantic character. The story centers on Paul Baümer, who

enlists in the German army with glowing enthusiasm. But in the course of war, he is consumed by it and in the end

is "weary, broken, burnt out, rootless, and without hope." Through Baümer, Remarque examines how war makes

man inhuman. He uses excellent words and phrases to describe crucial details to this theme. "The first bomb, the

first explosion, burst in our hearts." Baümer and his classmates who enlisted into the army see the true reality of

the war. They enter the war fresh from school, knowing nothing except the environment of hopeful youth and they

come to a premature maturity with the war, their only home. "We were eighteen and had begun to love life and the

world; and we had to shoot it to pieces. We

existence, and he is absolutely focused on that." For the cost of life is the death of his emotions, his survival

soldiers-we reach the zone where the front begins and become on the instant animals." The fate of Baümer and the

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Baümer Baümer, Baümer Remarque, Western Front, Englishman American, Paul Baümer, Quiet Western, western front, quiet western, quiet western front, III Honors, shot fires, war experienced,