Paul has several friends who enlisted with him. ... Katczinsky, commonly called Kat, is Paul's best friend. ... Of all Paul's soldier friends, Kat is the most resourceful. ... When he makes it home, he realizes he has changed. ... Paul realizes that the enemy is no different from himself when he meets up with Duval in a shell hole. ...
However, as soon as he meets Himmelstoss in a real battle situation, he realizes the insecurities and the cowardice behind the bullying. ... Paul also had an affinity with nature and in particular, birds. ... Jim and Paul were only at war due to peer pressure from their friends swept up in the idealistic vision of war and from the ever-present propaganda from their respective nations, Australia and Germany. ... However, Paul was more influenced by his friends and his schoolteacher, who had encouraged his pupils to protect the fatherland'. ... Jim and Paul both demonstrated their reluctan...
Paul first enlists with a group of his friends who all have much enthusiasm towards the war. ... You would not understand, you could never realize it. And you never shall realize it." ... Paul is horrified at his action. ... He realizes that the man he killed is no real enemy, that, in fact, he had a family, and is clearly very much like Paul himself. ...
