This is a very common misconception that Remarque attempts to rid the reader of very early when in the first chapter, Pauls good friend Kemmerich has his leg amputated from a bullet and then dies a painfully slow death with Paul at his side. ... This is one of a great number of battle scenes that Paul and his comrades encounter throughout the book. ... When he realizes it is his own side, he comments about their voices, They are more to me than life, these voices, they are more than motherliness and more than fear; they are the strongest, most comforting thing there is anywhere: they are the...

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