... is Nationalism. Nationalism is what gets Paul and the others to join the army. It tricks them into thinking the war is great and everything the war really is not. The several themes in this book are relevant to what the other was trying to show all of his readers. Some of the new technology that they got were tanks, machine guns, chemical gas, and trench warfare. These ... three were also the most dangerous. The new technology led to even more deaths, some of which were their own. It made fighting the war a lot easier but in the end led to more tragedies then wins. Early on in ... ;Arch...

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... still relate to these feelings and emotions with the help of descriptive texts in literature. Both the novel All Quiet On the Western Front and the poem "The Man He Killed" help to portray the image of the effects and feelings of warfare. In the novel All Quiet On the Western Front, Remarque does an impeccable job conveying the torturous misfortunes of war. Through the eyes of Paul Baumer, a young man shipped ... killed." He then realizes that he is no longer an individual man, but a trained killing machine. At first, he does not understand exactly what he will be doing at the front lin...

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• Grade Level: High School