The remains of Paul Baumer’s company had moved behind the German front lines for a short rest at the beginning of the novel. After Behm became Paul’s first dead schoolmate, Paul viewed the older generation bitterly, particularly Kantorek, the teacher who convinced Paul and his classmates to join the military, feeling alone and betrayed in the world that they had left for him. Paul’s generation felt empty and isolated from the rest …showed first 75 words of 803 total…

…showed last 75 words of 803 total…the main character, played a role of a realistic, hard worker, and an achiever. Their physical actions and mental ideals coincided very closely. This book was simply given me new views of war. It really made me have a new outlook on the war. It made the reader really understand how hard the war was, and the effect it had on all of the men in the war. It was an incredible book to read.