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All Quiet On The Western Front Psychological Effects

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In All Quiet on the Western Front Erich Maria Remarque uses characterization and plot to show what effect World War I had on all the soldiers. Three psychological effects portrayed in the novel are suicidal thoughts the soldiers had, the soldiers doing anything to persevere, and the impact the war had on soldiers’ relationships at home. In this novel World War I and the soldiers’ mental state is the main focus. Soldiers go through a lot of mental and physical trauma. The mental trauma soldiers go through is terrifyingly ugly. One psychological effects seen in the novel is the suicidal thoughts experienced by the soldiers on the front. In an uncommonly changing scene at the end of the novel, Kraup is in the hospital with a hurt leg. While
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