The Horrors of War
Millions dead, tens of millions injured, for what? For a pettyargument between two countries. War is devastating to countries and most indefinitely individuals. Men can be left disturbed mentally, physically, and socially for the rest of their lives. Is this necessary? Well maybe you should decide after reading the next few paragraphs. You can decide if the war being fought is a war of dignity and glory as everyone would make it out to be or if it was a battle of death and gore. You maybe surprised Well it would be glorious to be wounded and or die for your country right? Well maybe if you were the one seeing everything from the outside looking in. If you were a soldier your outlook on war may be a little different. The physical ailments of the young men are terrible. Some even consider it lucky if you die. For example, Remarque made it very clear that he was aware of the pains men were forced to endure when he put Paul and Albert Kropp in the hospital. Paul was going on leave and asked Albert if there was anything that he could get for him and Kropp said, "A gun." Paul showed his disapproval of this idea and Albert said something to the
die then live without a leg. Another example was the void is filled with a life of hardships and trials. drop to the floor and scramble under his bed whenever he heard the word Front Remarque shows how even Himmelstoss, a corporal, can be affected by were led to believe. Paul also realized that after a war like this he reached the front they realized that war was much different from what they dead." Paul was so oblivious to what was going on that he simply replied, "No, he's just fainted." When he looked at his hand and found a bullet when Kat was wounded by the bomb that went off while he was delivering
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Approximate Word count = 967
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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