Paul Baumer is a living testament of a man destroyed by the war, not by the gunshots or the shrapnel, but by the horror all around him or as he explains the concept as, "Death is working through from within." He had to witness many of his comrades, his classmates, his friends die before his eyes (to endure such a thing is truly a torture of the mind). He had to listen to people crying out in pain as they slowly died, minute by minute, hour by hour; he even listened to the sounds of dying livestock as a bullet would pierce them in the intestines or other terminal places. And to further destroy his spirit, he was brought so close to peace and then had it stripped away, or otherwise known as "leave" in the war.

If one was to cite one of the mental beatings that Paul had faced in his life, one should tell the story of his injured comrade, Kemmerich. Since his school days, Kemmerich and Paul were very c

One of the worst times in his life didn't involve death in the physical sense, which it is most commonly referred to, but rather of the heart. In the army, a soldier is granted leave, where he allowed to go back to see his family for a brief time before returning to the battlefield. But this, which is not fully realized before it's too late, is often worse than no leave at all for the fact that one has to depart once again with his loved ones and, furthermore, his peace. Even to see all the pleasures that have no use on the front can just be too much for one to deal with. For Paul, it was just a new sensation of pain for his ever-growing list. Coming back to his hometown was hugely coveted by Paul ever since he's been in the war. However, he didn't expect the inevitable of his return home. He found out his mother was dying of cancer and little could be done for her. For a boy in this day and age, how could he possibly leave his mother in this condition? He had little choice but to do so. Even a trip into his room was painful because he would see all the books he loved to read with the useless words within them. His mind was so destroyed by the war that he could not even enjoy a bit of fantasy... only the bitter reality of his life. As for his father and his neighbors, they were just a bunch of people who could not even realize the horror that war had to offer. They look upon it as noble, a test of honor in a young boy's life. All they wanted to hear was war stories and how triumphant Paul has been. It sickened hi

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