All Quiet On The Western Front
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is a book written by Erich Maria
Remarkque. It was a book written to reflect the human cost of war. It shows us
how war has a hidden face that most people do not see until it is too late. In
the novel, he describes a group of young men who at first think war is
glorious. But as the war dra ....
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.... when the boys are cramped into the trenches. Some of the
soldiers were shell-shocked because of the constant bombardment. When one of
the boys was wounded, he was taken to a hospital where there were many wounded
soldiers. Some soldiers had to have parts of their bodies amputated in order to
survive. When Kemmerich was in the hospital, Müller ask for his pair of boots.
The boots was a visible reminder to the boys of the cost of war. Paul then has
to face his own conscience when he kills one ....
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