Meet the Soldiers
He is the main character and narrator of the novel who forced his emotions numb to survive.
Paul Bäumer
Because the young soldiers were drafted straight from school and had their futures completely ruined, they are known as the "______ Generation".
Lost
Remarque describes patients choking to death in the hospital from this chemical weapon.
Chemical gas
The official army report on the peaceful day Paul dies states: "All ______ on the Western Front".
Quiet
This practical leader serves as a father figure to the young boys and has a "sixth sense" for finding food.
Kat
This theme is highlighted when authority figures safely romanticized the war from home while trading their students' lives for pride.
Betrayal or betrayal of the older generation
Paul says that mechanized warfare made individual bravery useless, saying "death is hunting us down like ______".
Dogs
When Paul temporarily returns home from the front, he experiences_____ as a result of his life in the trenches.
Guilt/Alienation/Isolation/Feeling unfamiliar
This very patriotic schoolmaster safely stayed home while guilt-tripping his young students into enlisting.
Kantorek
The soldiers realize that war doesn't benefit ordinary citizens, but instead profits the _______
People in power/authority
During an artillery bombardment in Chapter 4, the boys ironically have to seek shelter inside this place.
Graveyard
Paul experiences a psychological shift after he is forced to kill_______in hand-to-hand combat.
Gérard Duval
This cruel military drill instructor treated the boys terribly during training, showing more influence over them than their mentors.
Himmelstoss
To stay alive during a bombardment, Paul says the soldiers must shut down empathy and revert to being "wild ______".
Beasts
Right at the start of the book, Paul's company of 150 men returns from the front line with only this many survivors.
80
Paul dies in______(specific month and year), just one month before World War I officially ended.
October 1818