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Paul Monologue Of Kemmerich's Death

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The soldiers innocence is shattered because of the emotional toll from horrifying images of death. It is hard for Paul to show emotion when talking about Kemmerich’s death because “when a man has seen so many dead he cannot understand any longer why there should be so much anguish over a single individual”(Remarque 181). Paul has seen many of his comrades die. Over time, as Paul witnesses more deaths, his mind dulls. It's hard for him to show or expose his feelings because he has seen so much death that Kemmerich’s death loses its significance. When Paul had stabbed Gerard Duval, he explained to him that “[he] was only an idea to [him] before, an abstraction… [and] did not want to kill [him] ”(Remarque 223). The soldiers dehumanize their enemies
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