Upon his arrival Paul realizes that he has been crushed without knowing it. ... It is now that Paul realizes the war has truly ruined him. ... When Paul's mother asks "was is very bad out there, Paul?" ... You would not understand, you could never realize it. And you shall never realize it"(Remarque, 161). ...
The poster read, "Fight alongside Your Friends, Fill up the National Guard" ("Come on Boys!... This poster uses a persuasion method of pathos, where there the words "Fight alongside Your Friends" create feelings of exhilaration and thrill to be able to fight alongside your "friends". ... However, after joining the war, they realized that there were in fact many immediate consequences of war, such as the loss of innocence and the inability to re-connect to modern society. ... When Paul's military chief orders Paul and the soldiers to charge, Paul describe...
After his first tour, Tim realizes that he was only fighting because of his fear of death and for his survival. ... This deeply affects Tim's personal life when he returns home "not caring about anyone - the military, his friends, his family, or himself.... Paul's teacher, a trusted adult, lies to Paul and his class, like much of the youth who enter war. ... This relates to when it is time to stop fighting because Tjaden and Kat realize that the war has become pointless. ... During the war, he realized that the rewards come after horrible costs. ...
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. ...
In the novel All Quiet On the Western Front, by Erich Maria Remarque, a man named Paul Baumer and his fellow German friends thought that going to war had good meaning because they would have a chance to proudly represent their country. When they started fighting, they realized that war can be the hardest experience that any human being can experience in their lifetime, such as watching your best friends die and people. ... In the story, Paul Bäumer and his other friends in the German army were talking about how they were influenced and motivated to join the war: "When we went to the dist...
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...
