... , in scenes of battle and rest, the reader sees the camaraderie of these men. In chapter nine, when Paul is alone in the trench, he loses his nerve and his direction and is afraid he will die. Instead, he hears the voices of his friends: "I belong to them and they to me; we all share the same fear and the same life ... ideals of patriotism, which led them to voluntarily join the war. The patriotic myths of war that the older generation portrayed became more apparent to Paul through the course of his journey of war. When Paul and his friends talk about enemies, they do not speak of the so...

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