They go to training for a few weeks and live life on the front they soon realize it is not all it was supposed to be. ... Throughout the book the characters lost people who they had been friends with forever. ... Paul, the narrator of the book, went to the war alongside of some of his friends Tjaden, Muller, Kropp, and some others. Paul and his friends were told that the war was a great and heroic thing but when they finally got there they found out the truth. Paul was the last one of his friends to survive which means he saw the most and was the most effected by the war. ...

• Word Count: 1206
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Written in 1929, the book is about Paul Baumer, the narrator, and his fellow classmates who enlist in the German army during World War 1. These young men become fervent soldiers, but they are soon to realize that their lives will be changed. ... They have no family or close friends to succor their hardships and distress, therefore confide into their fellow comrades. In the novel, Paul states "We are two men, two-minute sparks of life; outside is the night and the circle of death.... Paul, for example, becomes incompatible of imagining a future without war and also cannot visualize himself...

• Word Count: 930
• Approx Pages: 4