“We see men living with their skulls blown open; we see soldiers run with their two feet cut off” (Remarque 134). Soldiers witness the pain their comrades receive. At every turn, they lose a friend and must continue with the pain and thought of being next. They get a glimpse of dead bodies every day. “Their condition is hopeless, they choke to death with haemorrhages and suffocation” (Remarque 131). These young men are dying slow and painful deaths. The fellow soldiers feel useless because they can not do anything. Hearing cries from the wounded from sunrise to sunset in constant distress. Witnessing the pain of others, Remarque shows that the death of soldiers are not mourned or grieved because death is unvaried in
“We see men living with their skulls blown open; we see soldiers run with their two feet cut off” (Remarque 134). Soldiers witness the pain their comrades receive. At every turn, they lose a friend and must continue with the pain and thought of being next. They get a glimpse of dead bodies every day. “Their condition is hopeless, they choke to death with haemorrhages and suffocation” (Remarque 131). These young men are dying slow and painful deaths. The fellow soldiers feel useless because they can not do anything. Hearing cries from the wounded from sunrise to sunset in constant distress. Witnessing the pain of others, Remarque shows that the death of soldiers are not mourned or grieved because death is unvaried in