He realized that not all of the men returned. ... He returns home wondering how many of his friends are going to die while he is gone. ... Paul did not realize this until he carried him a long distance. ... Paul is the only one left out of all his friends that joined the army. ... Paul realizes he has nothing left to go home to. ...
The war brought everything that are bad to Paul and his friends, the lived in terror and fear every single day. ... Paul's friends let him one by one, Paul got alone, and finally died in peace at the end of the war. ... The author expressed this theme through Paul and his friends' thoughts and conversation very successfully. ... Paul became very regretful about what he did; because he realized that his enemy was only an inculpable solider, just like him. ... In general I like the book better, but for the ending of these two, I prefer the one in the film: Just about the end of the ...
Paul Baumer is a boy of 19 years, who voluntarily joined the Army with several of his friends after hearing a patriotic speech given at his school. Paul and his friends realized that being patriotic comes with a costs - hard work, brutal life and harsh training. Paul and his friends realized that War is not as honorable as it is made to sound. ... He realizes that they are not the enemies, and he wonders why War holds grudges on people that have no harmful feelings toward each other. ... They try to make him realize that this is War and these are the incident and accidents of War. ...
