in World War I, centers around the changes brought by

the war onto one young German soldier. During his time

in the war, Remarque's protagonist, Paul Baumer,

changes from a rather innocent romantic young man to a

hardened and somewhat caustic veteran. The story also

focuses on the lives of Baumer's comrades. They all

begin by patriotically marching off to join the army.

However, their visions of the glories of war are soon

swept away with horror as true friends die in the

battlefield. The soldiers go in fresh from school,

knowing nothing except the environment of hopeful

youth. At nineteen and twenty, they come to a

premature and distorted maturity with the war...their

only home. Throughout the length of the novel, Paul

learns of the hardship war brings. He learns the

destructiveness of war.

During the course of his experience with war, Baumer

disaffiliates himself from those societal icons--parents,

understands the truth as Baumer has experienced it. A

fundamental differences between life and death become

Kemmerich's mother that her son is dead, another

shows Baumer's movement away from the traditional

oath, Baumer shows both his unwillingness to

one comment. Paul has grasped the concept that all

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Approximate Word count = 2722
Approximate Pages = 11 (250 words per page double spaced)