There is a distance, a veil between us.” When his family asked him how bad conditions were in the trenches, he told them everything was fine but his inner thoughts feared the consequences of speaking truthfully about the war; he asks, “what would become of us if everything that happens out there were quite clear to us?” Baumer finds that he can no longer be content with civilian life, nor will he be able to return to the life he had before going to war, although it seems there is nothing he would like more than to lead a simple life that is not plagued with emotional trauma...
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He tries to revisit the past when he sits in his room, looking at his collections of books which used to speak to him strongly when he was young. But despite his efforts, he cannot do so and he realized that his life will never be the same: “words, words, words – they do not reach me. Slowly I place the books back in the shelves...
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All Quiet On The Western Front He says "We have become wild beasts. We do not fight we defend ourselves against annihilation"(103). Here Remarque states that the German soldiers are only defending what they have not attempting to take what they don't...	2 / 322
all quiet on the western front If you jumped in here again, I would not do it, if you would be sensible too." (Remarque, 223) The war destroyed the men emotionally, enough so that they were not able to return to normal after the war...	3 / 798
all quiet on the western front 13) Paul felt completely betrayed. " We will make ourselves comfortable and sleep, and eat as much as we can stuff into our bellies, and drink and smoke so that hours are not wasted...	3 / 742
All Quiet on the Western Front for Discussing the Great War This is an evident similarity concerning the trench warfare in the book and in real life. Furthermore, when Paul is in the hospital with Lewandowski recovering from his wounds, the hospital is forced to use paper bandages...	3 / 767