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Paul Baumer

All that matters is that he wants to take your life. The only way for you to live, is to destroy him before he does destroys you. Your salvation means his sacrifice. The life of a man is the price you pay for your continual existence. Baumer would destroy him because he threatens his survival and his survival is most important. The fate of Baumer and the fate of all soldiers depend on their faith in their instincts. It is his instincts that protect him from the madness and the horror of mutilation. It is survival of the fittest; kill or be killed. Baumer not only believes this but also reinforces this idea with every shot he that fires and every man he that kills. This is how Baumer feels, he cannot relate with men who have not fought the war. They are disillusioned by the war because they have not experienced it. They believe they can command the war without personal fighting in it. Baumer and all soldiers are different, changed from when they entered the war. They are the lost generation; they dread the end of the war almost as they dread wound and death. They have nothing to forward to but years of rage. They have experienced the horrors of war but not experienced enjoys of life. They will be pushed aside and forgotten and the years will past, and in the end they will fall into ruin. .
             All Quiet on the Western Front tries to explain the purpose of war and its futileness. It is a story of an almost wiped out generation that fought for nothing but the principle of hate. It is perhaps the most tragic generation our human records tell of. It bears the overwhelming accent of simple truth that makes you wonder why war still exists. .
             Personally, I would lose my mind if I were suddenly drafted. It is not the morality of war, it is the pain a soldier goes through before death. By nature, I am a chicken "a major chicken. I compared the amount of pain from a paper cut with the pain from the stabbing of a knife.


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It also angered Paul that he did not have anything to go back to after the war. ... As the novel continued, Paul realized that he had to accept the war. ... Paul was able to maintain sanity during war, but at the cost of his priceless youth and innocence. ... In the novel, Paul disaffiliated himself from his parents and others back at home. ... During a leave, Baumer visited his home town. ...

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3. All Quiet on the Western Front

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7. All Quiet on the Western Front

The novel is brutally honest and is told from the unique first-person viewpoint of a young German soldier, Paul Baumer. From the first hand accounts of Remarque, who served in the war, Baumer's depiction of the horrors and degradations of war, and the physical, spiritual and psychological toll it takes on all its participants gains credibility and makes for shocking and powerful reading. ... As Baumer and his young friend are increasingly desensitized on the western front, their only small joys come from having a modicum of decent food to eat, and the empty satisfaction of their sexu...

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8. All Quiet On the Western Front

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  • Word Count: 458
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  • Word Count: 851
  • Approx Pages: 3
  • Grade Level: High School

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