All Quiet On The Western Front War Analysis

In Erich Maria Remarque’s novel ” All quiet on the western front”, The uselessness, hopelessness, and effects of war are displayed using Paul Baumer's, a young German soldier, experience and encounters while being on the front line. The effects of war are far worse than the advantages or rewards of war. In the first chapter there is a wide range of greediness and desensitization. When the remaining eighty soldiers came back, hungry and wanting, heinrich takes no notice and keeps on cooking for one hundred and fifty men until Tjaden tells him that they are the only ones left to be fed. Everyone else was either dead or being treated.At first read, it seems that Paul and his comrades are sad or overwhelmed by this reality but they take no real notice.
“Yes we did have heavy losses yesterday. The beans look good” Pg.6 Bulcke
This sentence portrays the lack of importance of the men who lost their lives or have lost their limbs, the food is the priority now. The loss of seventy men omitted no feeling or worth at that time; only one's personal gain is worth a thought now. One of the men who has been greatly injured, kemmerich, is on his deathbed scared to die.Muller takes notice of his boots. He hints that the boots will not be used again and asks to have them. Though he is dying the boots are the only thing muller talks about instead of
The man represents humanity and familiarity to Paul. This man is just like him, a body that has flesh and blood running through his veins. The fact that Paul kills him with his hands is traumatizing. He loses his nerve trying to make this man’s last moments bearable. To further worsen the situation, Baumer learns the man’s name and makes an inside promise to write and to and support his family. This of course was not fulfilled, but, this furthermore displayed Paul’s own guilt and grief. Finally showing his feelings for