All Quiet on the Western Front taught me many new lessons about the war. The book had showed everything from good to bad. I found the book very interesting and a good resource to learn more about the war. Paul had been the longest soldier who had fought out of his group. Paul had overcome many challenges and had experienced many different events. Paul was a young soldier who did not have much to go back home to besides his family, but many other soldiers had families of their own. We saw Paul go through many challenges if it being watching his friend die, going back home, or killing his enemy. Paul was by his friends side the whole time that he was dieing. Paul friend Kemmerich had got his foot amputated and had died from all the bleeding and pain. In the novel we saw at the hospital how poorly the patients got treated and how quickly they got kicked out. During the war I had imagined them being treated better than what they had been treated in hospitals. Kemmerich had a lot of pain and Paul had sat by him the whole time in the hospital. Kemmerich had believed that he would be able to still fight even though he was in a lot of pain. Paul had sat with him until he had died. …show more content…
Everyone in the town kept asking Paul about the war. The mayor and Paul dad had kept asking him questions, and Paul was getting angry with his dad and the mayor, because he did not want to talk about it. Paul had also really missed his friends and was worried about them and hoped they would be okay when Paul had returned. I did not realize that Paul did not like that subject to be brought up, because in his head he sees many terrible scenes going on and many bombs being very close to him. Paul wanted to spend time with his mom, because he knew that she would be dying soon of cancer. Paul mom had never questioned Paul about the war she had left him alone and talk about what he wanted to talk