... 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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• Grade Level: High School