The Harsh Realizations of Life During World War I During the war the soldiers in All Quiet on the Western Front, by Erich Maria Remarque, become disillusioned because of the people dying all around them. The soldiers end up losing all of their hope and, as a result, become spiritually dead. There souls had to go through a more a bloodier and painful death than their bodies. This war ended up becoming a cause of …showed first 75 words of 717 total…

…showed last 75 words of 717 total…th during World War I. As hard as they tried to block out the deaths of their friends it only mad them more disillusioned. The soldiers end up losing all of the hope they once had prior to the war when they were still in school. Paul and the rest of the soldiers can only be cynical and pessimistic of their chances of returning home. The soldiers lost everything they once had in their lives.