... the working world today. In Erich Maria Remarques All Quiet On The Western Front, Paul Baumer is forced into war like young adults are forced into college. Such pressure from society creates a feeling of distrust and alienation. Paul Baumer was a German soldier who left for war at 19. Although students can visit their ... campus before they enroll, there is no sure way to predict the outcome. They leave their homes in favor of communal bathrooms and lectures. Paul Baumer left the comfort of his home with effort to fulfill duty to his country. At 19 years of age, there have not been many...

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... the working world today. In Erich Maria Remarques All Quiet On The Western Front, Paul Baumer is forced into war like young adults are forced into college. Such pressure from society creates a feeling of distrust and alienation. Paul Baumer was a German soldier who left for war at 19. Although students can visit their ... campus before they enroll, there is no sure way to predict the outcome. They leave their homes in favor of communal bathrooms and lectures. Paul Baumer left the comfort of his home with effort to fulfill duty to his country. At 19 years of age, there have not been many...

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... physical condition of the wounded. In addition, the theme here is death and pain that comes from war, along with the loss of emotions demonstrated by Paul Bäumer and Kat. "The youngster", who is on the verge of death in this passage, was seen earlier in the book joking around with ... the soldiers and now is in the most grave situation of his life being handled by Paul and Kat. This passage is of significance because it shows the reaction Bäumer and Kat have to the violence that occurs on the battlefield. The opening sentence of the passage: "The ... soldier on his own side, harboring...

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... Remarque does an impeccable job conveying the torturous misfortunes of war. Through the eyes of Paul Baumer, a young man shipped off to fight, a story is told of hopelessness and desperation on the front lines of WWI. As Baumer experiences starvation and injury among other hardships, the reader begins to comprehend how tragic a ... he killed. AS compassion cam over him, he could no longer face the violence that had taken over his life. Once a cordial and friendly man, Paul Baumer had been made into a monster, lacking all feelings of remorse. This situation describes the emotional ordeal...

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... of the Central Powers signed armistice agreements. The novel All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque describes the experiences of German soldier Paul Baumer and his comrades during the war. The novel illustrates the soldiers' physical and psychological effects during the war, and how they are unable to ... and thrill to be able to fight alongside your "friends". In the novel All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque, Paul Baumer and his classmates are convinced by their high school schoolmaster to join the army: "I can see him now, as he used to glare ... He u...

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... Front "War is hell" is a blunt but true way to describe all wars. This statement portrays Paul Baumer's true feelings pertaining to the gruesome experiences he encountered through the duration of the war, when he was alive. For Paul Baumer a German soldier in World War II, war was more than hell. It changed, and ultimately ... ended his life at a young age. In All Quiet on the Western Front Paul Expresses this idea by stating, "I am young, I am twenty years old ... home ill. He deals with his fellow soldiers dying, and the fact that it could be him dying at any moment. In a sensitive st...

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... Paul Baumer's company had moved behind the German front lines for a short rest at the beginning of the novel. After Behm became Paul's first dead schoolmate, Paul viewed the older generation bitterly, particularly Kantorek, the teacher who convinced Paul and his classmates to join the military, feeling alone and betrayed in the world that they had left for him. Paul ... world due to the fact that they had never truly established any part of themselves in civilian life. At boot camp, Himmelstoss abused Paul and his friends, yet the harassment only brought them closer together and developed...

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... on the Western Front The remains of Paul Baumer's company had moved behind the German front lines for a short rest at the beginning of the novel. After Behm became Paul's first dead schoolmate, Paul viewed the older generation bitterly, particularly Kantorek, the teacher who convinced Paul and his classmates to join the ... the world due to the fact that they had never truly established any part of themselves in civilian life. At boot camp, Himmelstoss abused Paul and his friends, yet the harassment only brought them closer together and developed a strong spirit amongst them. Katczinsky...

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... of view, unlike most war stories written about WWI prior to this. The main character of the story is a young German soldier named Paul Baumer. The story is about Paul and his soldier buddies, and just how they deal with the many aspects of war. The story's main focus is not on the ... . (Remarque 87-88) The story depicts in rich detail the feelings of these young men. The horror of war can be seen through their eyes. Paul and his friends found neither glory nor praise on the battlefield. They found suffering, destruction, and death. "With this tale about a class of schoolmates who ... by...

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... enlisted in the army together are all younger than twenty years of age, but to themselves and other recruits, they describe themselves as seasoned veterans. Paul Baumer is the main character and narrator in the novel and spills numerous stories from the vantage point of an actual solider who lived through all the difficult ... of very early when in the first chapter, Pauls good friend Kemmerich has his leg amputated from a bullet and then dies a painfully slow death with Paul at his side. Remarque does not want the reader to have any doubt that this is obviously a novel made to tell of tr...

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... Stress Disorder. The significance of this illness can be shown multiple times in All Quiet on the Western Front. Paul Baumer, the narrator of the story, perceives how the war forces him to disconnect himself from everything around him. The war he fought made ... Research Service has found that there were over 15,000 cases of PTSD in both deployed and not deployed soldiers in all services. (August 2003) Paul often describes his thoughts, feelings and experiences throughout the novel that show signs of PTSD. One example of this is when he states that he has ... startled by the screaming o...

• Word Count: 536
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• Grade Level: High School