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The Theme Of Emptiness Of War In All Quiet On The Western Front

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When reading the novel All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque, i found that the main theme in the novel is the emptiness of War. The story takes place in World War I 1917–1918 in France. Paul Baumer, the main character in the book with a few of his friends. In the book the theme of emptiness of war pops up from the beginning of the novel to the end. throw out the novel Baumer starts to notice what war truly is. In the beginning of the novel Baumer enters the war as a recruit and starts to see the reality of life in war. During Baumer’s training he was order to remake the commanding officer’s bed 14 times and the rest of his training course was just marching. Only marching and no combat training does not help Baumer and

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