lines for a short rest at the beginning of the novel. After Behm became

Paul's first dead schoolmate, Paul viewed the older generation bitterly,

particularly Kantorek, the teacher who convinced Paul and his classmates to

join the military, feeling alone and betrayed in the world that they had

left for him. Paul's generation felt empty and isolated from the rest of

the world due to the fact that they had never truly established any part of

themselves in civilian life. At boot camp, Himmelstoss abused Paul and his

friends, yet the harassment only brought them closer together and developed

a strong spirit amongst them. Katczinsky, or Kat, was soon shown to be a

master scavenger, being able to provide the group with food or virtually

anything else; on this basis Paul and him grew quite close. Paul's unit

was assigned to lay barbed wire on the front line, and a sudden shelling

resulted in the severe wounding of a recruit that Paul had comforted

earlier. Paul and Kat again strongly questioned the War. After Paul's

company were returned to the huts behind the lines, Himmelstoss appeared

had a family, Paul was deeply shattered and vowed to prevent other such

throughout the course of World War I. One of the strongest which I had not

Paul killed a French soldier; discovering that the soldier had a family,

Paul, were presented. This book has simply given me new views of war. It

Foremost, I have gained a multitude of new perceptions, some of which make

camp with severe starvation problems and again questioned the values that

A strong bias against war in general was shown in this novel. The

This novel was written very well. The plot was fast paced and the

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