In the novel All Quiet on the Western Front Erich Maria Remarque shows how the soldiers in World War I are disillusioned and surrounded by human suffering. Surrounded by death and suffering, the boys lose interest in everything but war. The war slowly shapes the attitudes and thoughts of the soldiers toward going home. The lost generation was formed by the constant isolation, violence and disillusionment of the German soldiers of World War I.

All Quiet on the Western front illustrates the isolation the men must endure in battle causing them to lose their ambition for a good life, resulting in a lost generation. When the Paul Baumer and his classmates had no idea about the world, they joined the Army and were sent off to fight. No one back home knows what the war is like; and the soldiers do not seem to remember what home is like either. Even when Paul returns home on leave, he feels isolated from the world. He is uncomfortable about being away from his friends and uncomfortable talking to the people in his hometown because he feels like an outsider. Paul remembers his life at home when he had goals and when he strived for doing good in school to get a job. His high hopes and

The violence and human suffering of the German soldiers in battle caused them think that they are going to be killed sooner or later and lose interest in life causing the lost generation. Paul Baumer thinks survival in war is a chance, he thinks when someone is at the front you with you are just playing your chance and some day your chance at the front will run out. Paul's view of the front is,"To me the front is a mysterious whirlpool. Though I am in still water far away from its centre, I feel the whirl of the vortex sucking me slowly, irresistibly, inescapably into itself."(55) Paul believes that his luck is being used up day by day and it is only a matter of time before its all gone. Paul is not the only soldier who thinks like this. Throughout the book the numbers in Paul's division are vastly diminished over time, chapter 150 then 2 chapters later 75 then 30 and at the end when Paul is the only one by himself he too dies of poison gas inhale because of the many men who thought Germany was doomed and going to undoubtedly be defeated in the war it added on to there list of problems. The German soldiers lack of training and lack of supplies and food contributed to this fear but mostly it was the constant shelling. When it began death and suffering is all around them. The disillusionment of the German soldiers made them a far inferior army compared to the enemy. The lost generation of men came about from this violence and death.

Constant fear, isolation and human suffering along with

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Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)