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Character Analysis: All Quiet On The Western Front

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The images that left a presence in my mind was this constant theme of death. Death has unfortunately traumatized my childhood through various reasons, therefore causing myself to be quite pretentious. The moment that I had realized that death had created this large facade through the novel’s writing, it instantaneously reminded myself of those darker portions of my lifetime. Though this experience was upsetting for myself, it also created this oddity that I’ve pondered of throughout the novel. These soldiers deemed to amaze me. It is incredibly courageous for every single one of them to at least participate in the first world war, and for those especially fighting for the greater good for mankind. Knowing that either their friends or even themselves

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