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In All Quiet on the Western Front, is a novel that shows all of the horrible things and situations that occurred in WWI. It also talks about "the lost generation" that in fact WWI produced. The main character Paul Baumer and his fellow friends, had spent times listening to their teacher Kantorek's speeches. He talked about how it was the boys' "duty or job" to go out and b patriotic and help fight in the war. All in All the decisions that they had made at this time, still had them pondering on the outcomes their lives would have.
Nationalism at this time was seen as a tool used by those in power to control a nations. By this time, Paul and his friends are "seduced" into the army by the nationalists ideas. They have also realized that their enemy really isn't the others, its the men who had power in their OWN nation. This shows how Paul and the others have indeed themselves involved in the spread of their nationalism which regards to thinking of right and wrong. As the boys......

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