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All quiet on the Western Front

In his novel, All Quiet on the Western Front, Remarque depicts a transition in the nature of reality from idealism to realism and naturalism. This transition takes place at different parts of his novel, and to different degrees. At the beginning of the novel, on page 12, we see through Paul Bäumer’s comments regarding Kantorek that he and his friends were taught in school of the “glory” of war. Bäumer stated, “…they taught that duty to one’s country is the greatest thing…” Since Bäumer and his friends respected and trusted Kantorek, they hardly gave the prospect of not going into war a second glance. On pages 84-85, the conversation between Bäumer, Müller, and Kropp reveals that practically everything they were taught in school is of no use to them anymore. All of the knowledge they had acquired via their studies was not applicable in the trenches. Instead of having to know, for instance,......

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