All Quiet on the Western Front Critique In All Quiet on the Western Front, Erich Maria Remarque, writes of the reality of war, and its psychological impact on the soldiers that lived through WWI. Through his character Paul Baumer, we see how the cruelty, chaos, and violence of War, can begin to degenerate his state of mind. All Quiet on the Western Front, is the story of Paul Baumer during World War I. Paul Baumer …showed first 75 words of 864 total…

…showed last 75 words of 864 total…he lets us in on the secret emotions that go through every soldiers mind in War. As we see Baumer starts to degenerate after his friend Kemmerich dies. He gradually starts to become a more internally cold hearted person, every time one of his friends would die, a big piece of Baumer would also be lost. That’s why Baumer’s death wasn’t physically explained to us, but War had definitely destroyed his soul.