Summary: All Quiet On The Western Front

They’re victims and also need saving.
During violent conflict or war, it is possible for a Soldier’s ethical boundaries to change, cause a reversible shift to the soldier’s attitude and belief. Every violent experience has away of affecting the perspective of one’s mind. A Soldier's mental condition is affected by the actions within the war. Those mental condition are scars that soldiers themselves try to hide but still can be seen by others. The reversible shifts can be triggered by commitments, following orders, feeling safe around deadly weapons, and being devastated after the war.
Commitments can sometimes make you be dedicated or break you. In the novel, All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque, “I would like to be here

He was haunted, say his mother, Judy Casper, by an Afghan child's death” (“Why Suicide rate among veterans may be more than 22 a day”). It reveals the remembrance of event that he was tries to forget lead him to commit suicide. Soldiers are sometimes hunted by the things that they could have been prevented and they also feel like they should have done a better job protecting victims during the war. Putting the victim’s lives before theirs. Basu Moni has noted, “A survey by the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America showed that 30% of service members have considered taking their own life” (“Why Suicide rate among veterans may be more than 22 a day”). It illustrates when troops are back from the war their are considering taking their lives because their feel like murders since; they took someone else’s life and all the killing that happens within the war. For example, when one of their comrade’s is killed they feel guilty, and it will lead them to feel like their should have done a better job protecting each other. As a result, what they experience during the war can cause trauma to the brain, trigger the memory system and every man’s life