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Character Analysis: All Quiet On The Western Front

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The war effected all of the young men greatly. I believe Paul became changed from the war because he learned that you can't take anything for granted especially food. The men would do anything to get a hearty meal. Paul also changed from being a young boy to being a mature man. Paul learns that his family isn't the people he grew up with but the people that he has been through war with. Paul has learned a whole new level of survival. He's taught himself to survival intense shelling, and survive in a dirty and unequipped trench. All the men in his trench are his new family. At the end of the book Paul explains how death doesn't take him by surprise anymore. When Kropp and Paul both become injured severely, Paul gets let out early. On page 268, Paul explains that he is let out and sent to the front. Paul misses the presence of Kropp, but that's part of war. He has to succeed to the front without and hope for him to come back. …show more content…

Paul went to the war a an innocent, sweet, scared boy that loved his mom. His mother did everything for him, their love was strong and sacred. When Paul enlisted in the war he didn't have someone looking out for him the whole time. Kemmerich, however, looked out for Paul. Pail grew to be tough and strong overall. He was serious and knew what it meant to be scared. Paul saw things that no one else could come to terms to understand. He experienced what warfare actually was. Including walking through shell holes, standing in the front as a target, and killing people. Paul became so adapted to the war that when he was home he would often flinch or jump at the littlest

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“breeding, education are changing…hardly recognizable any longer”(121)this shows how the norm for paul has become the war. Paul has been in the war for so long that when he returns home he feels out of place and later goes on to talk about he his new home is the front line. Towards the end of the book paul goes into great detail about how the war has drastically changed them all and that for those who have survived the war things will never be the same “few will adapt themselves, some others will merely submit and most will be bewildered”(131). This depicts how paul and his generation will never fully recover from the war things will never be the same few will be able start over but most were scared and lost at war. Paul and his generation are considered the lost generation because they will never be able to fully recover from the war they will forever live in the war mentality because of PTSD or other mental health

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Paul was forced to join the army when he was young. Paul was almost shot down in the army by a gun. War brought problems to Paul's family by money wise because there was no money. Young Paul was a wise young man. Paul was always watching his dad do metal work.

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In chapter 9 Paul has ruptured to the front, and finds Kat, Müller, Tjaden, and Kropp are still alive and are ok. Paul and his friends think that if thirty people would have said “no” the war wouldn’t have happened and they would have been there. Paul also volunteers to go into No Man’s Land to gather info about the enemy. Paul gets lost on his way back and finds shelter in a shell hole, after a while a soldier go into the same hole and Paul is forced to kill him. It was to bright outside for Paul to make his way back to camp so is has to stay there until night with the dead body.

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For example, on page 13 when Paul reflects on how much in the army they pushed them to be stronger and to be like vicious animals he says that it's just what they needed to be able to survive the war, he also says, “We did not break down, but adapted ourselves.” This example shows how physically and mentally tougher he has gotten since starting the war in order to stay alive. Additionally, when Paul kills a man for the first time he is troubled by it at first but then on page 109 he says, “It was only because I had to lie there with him so long," I say. "After all, war is war.” This shows how war has mentally changed him.

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“For us lads of eighteen they ought to have been mediators and guides to the world of maturity, the world of work, of duty, of culture, of progress—to the future.” (Remarque 19). This explains how Paul is still a kid and it is sad that he doesn’t get to live a normal life like everyone else that is not at war. This is similar to Will Knott because they are similar in age and they both had a fine home life and were just sent out to war. The only different thing is Will Knott knew he wanted to join the war and Paul kind of got peer pressured into it.

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Paul’s journey parallels the traditional hero’s journey in this stage because like a traditional hero, as Paul “goes deeper into the unknown, he puts himself more and more at risk, emotionally and physically” (The Hero’s Journey). Paul begins his journey describing time in the war as containing “wonderfully care-free hours” (Remarque 9). Hehen experiences life threatening bombardments, the deaths of his comrades, an uncomfortable civilized life when he visits home, and he encounters the enemy up close; at the latter end of these challenges, Paul explains that “the hours are torture” (Remarque 196). Evidently, Paul shows extreme physical and emotional risk as he furthers his journey.

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Paul’s books shows how he has changed since the beginning of the war and lost his innocence. When Paul comes and visits back home, he rediscovers his childhood books and “wants to feel the same powerful, nameless urge that [he] used to feel when [he] turned to [his] books”(Remarque 173). Paul has learned that his childhood had ended when he joined the war. He isn’t the same person as he used to be and it is harder for him to feel happy after the traumatic

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Alive or dead, the soul suffers. Whether it’s physical or emotional pain, soldiers are bound to suffer. Unfortunately that is the costly price of war. According to Paul’s soft words, underneath all that muscle and bravery is a weak sensitive soul looking to escape the horrors of reality. Despite all the gruesome events that happened to him, Paul has always stayed true to himself.

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