Paul Baumer is the main character of the story. ... Paul's schoolmaster, Kantorek, was the main influence on Paul joining the German army. ... Paul's corporal is a strictly disciplined commander who dislikes Paul because of his defiance. ... After a few more weeks Paul and Kropp parted, Paul going to war and Kropp going home. ... Paul believed Kat had a sixth sense. ...
In order to reconnect with his past Paul returns to his room. ... Paul continues to wait but his quiet rapture does not come. no matter how hard Paul tries to retreat to his prewar mentality he is unsuccessful. It is now that Paul realizes the war has truly ruined him. ... When Paul's mother asks "was is very bad out there, Paul?" ... People talk too much for Paul. ...
Remarque parallels this downward spiral within the actions and emotions of Paul Baumer, the novel's narrator and protagonist. ... He is no longer Paul - or even a German, for that matter - he is simply a soldier. ... Remarque was clear in expressing the catalyst for Paul's arrival to the front lines: Kantorek. ... Paul especially became more distressed and disillusioned by the war as each of his friends died. ... Paul's face seemed calm, "as though almost glad the end had come- (Page 296). ...
When Paul's military chief orders Paul and the soldiers to charge, Paul describes his mixed feelings of resentment towards death itself: "We have become wild beasts [...] ... Paul's cold-hearted and unrelentless tone portrays how cruel and inhumane he has become. Paul describes his animalistic instincts while on the battlefield, and visualizes nothing but the dangers and brutality of the war. ... Paul experiences these effects as he travels back to his home. ... Before the war, Paul was unfamiliar with the horrors and hardships of war, and easily connected to modern society. ...
Paul's teacher, a trusted adult, lies to Paul and his class, like much of the youth who enter war. ... " In the New York Times, Paul Krugman reveals the reasons that explain why we fight wars. ... Interestingly, Paul personifies war to a disease. ... Therefore, Paul demonstrates in this passage that he fights because he fears the fateful outcome. This motive to fight contradicts Paul's original reason to fight for patriotism and honor. ...
The story is told by Paul Baumer, a German soldier during World War I. ... Finally she does speak to him and asks, "Was it very bad out there, Paul?" ... Paul decides to use words that are false because he does not want his mother to have to hear these awful things but Paul creates separation between his mother and himself. ... During the course of his leave, Paul also sees his father. ... Paul is horrified at his action. ...
This is a very common misconception that Remarque attempts to rid the reader 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. ... This is one of a great number of battle scenes that Paul and his comrades encounter throughout the book. The soldiers are even sometimes wakened in the middle of the night to unexpected attacks as in the one explained by Paul, We wake up in the middle of the night. ... In Pauls case, he enlisted with some of his classmates, but the bond they were fo...
In the novel All Quiet On the Western Front, by Erich Maria Remarque, a man named Paul Baumer and his fellow German friends thought that going to war had good meaning because they would have a chance to proudly represent their country. ... In this quote, Paul explains how the soldiers transform from their natural human instincts and personality and become "animals" during war: "We have become wild beasts. ... Toward the middle of the story, Paul begins to struggle with voices and scenes that make him feel guilty of all the events he has experienced in war and why he even enliste...
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