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Monster Essays - All Quiet On The Western Front
All Quiet on the Western Front
 Erich Maria Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front, a novel 
set in World War I, centers around the changes wrought by the war on 
one young German soldier. During his time in the war, Remarque’s 
protagonist, Paul Baumer, changes from a rather innocent Romantic to a 
hardened and somewhat caustic veteran. More importantly, during the 
course of this metamorphosis, Baumer disaffiliates himself from those 
societal icons—parents, elders, school, religion—that had been the 
foundation of his pre-enlistment days. This rejection comes about as a 
result of Baumer’s reali....
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