... happened. Elizabeth's mother describes this; "He didn't speak for two years after the war". "What, not a word?" "No, not a word." Paul Baumer, the main character from All Quiet on the Western Front, does not react to the horrors of war like Stephen. Paul Baumer was a sensitive, compassionate young man and this quality added impact to the novel because it strengthened the idea that these ... about five of which he had been trapped and Stephen had been working to free him." Comradeship is the only positive thing to come out of the war according to Paul Baumer. Paul Baumer shows what comra...

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... and raw nature of war and to give people an idea of what these men went through. Paul Baumer is the main character of the story. When he first enters the story Paul is very enthusiastic about going to the war. Paul's schoolmaster, Kantorek, was the main influence on Paul joining the German army. Although Kantorek himself would never enlist. With such enthusiasm at first ... and destruction until they break down and go to pieces. Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front is a story of the hardships of Paul Baumer, a nineteen year old student, and his friends as they are dehumanized in th...

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... at lying. Odysseus would get himself out of alot of trouble whether it be with a Cyclops or out of Haites. So how do you compare Odysseus with Paul or one of his classmates? Well, Odysseus is also another romantic. Odysseus was a man who loved his wife and his family but also had sexual tension ... with the opposite sex. Even though Paul didn't have any, you can still kind of compare him to Odysseus. But basically Odysseus loved women and they pretty much loved him because he was very ... hero, and should be in books, way more than he is now. And that is also why I believe that it is to...

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... beforehand of the war itself and exactly how and why it was brought about. Very early on in the novel we learn of those in Paul's company. Paul Baumer himself is just 19 years old at the start of the war. He had entered under extreme pressure from Kantorek (their teacher) along with ... the rest of his classmates and enlisted. Stanislaus Katczinsky (known to the men as Kat) is a soldier in Paul's Company and becomes Paul's best friend in the army ... men, both in his Company and on the outside. Corporal Himmelstoss was a training officer who lets power go to his brain and nearly tortur...

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... war fresh from school, knowing nothing except the environment of hopeful youth) were, if not physically, then mentally destroyed by the war. The main character Paul Baumer is a compassionate and sensitive young man; before the war he loved his family, his books, and he even wrote poetry. He enters the war looking ... left him in a hardened, emotionless, and hopeless state with no desire to continue living. Having learned to be an adult while fighting the war, Paul and his fellow classmates only know how to be soldiers. The cold, wet trenches are their homes now and they fear they will nev...

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... from them. The novel All Quiet On The Western Front, written by Erich Maria Remarque, is a novel about soldiers and war. Throughout the experiences of Paul Baumer, as presented in this novel, we are able to learn a great deal about war. First, one thing that we can learn from war is the ... throughout the whole world see these things; all my generation is experiencing these things with me"(Remarque 263). Another example of universal similarities is when Paul and his comrades are discussing various issues in war. During the discussion they come to the same conclusion and say, "We agree th...

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... from the war. Two of the most common side affects of the war were shell shock and stir crazy. The story is told by Paul Baumer, a German soldier during World War I. Paul first enlists with a group of his friends who all have much enthusiasm towards the war. They think that war is going to be ... leave and comes home to visit his mother. He feels separated from society, "I find I do not belong here anymore, it is a foreign world"(168). Paul's further participation in war separates him from the life which he cherished so greatly. When he and his mother greet each other, he realizes that he...

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