War Equals Change

War is a devastating concept that hurts people both physically and mentally. Paul Baumer, in Erich Maria Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front, is an example of this inner turmoil caused by the First World War. Paul changes in his personality, his attitude towards his home-life, his attitude towards war, and his attitude towards death, which causes him to give up in the end.
Throughout the novel, Remarque takes Paul, the main character from an optimistic romantic to a cynical soldier, to someone who looks forward to the peace found in death. …