Every soldier deals with fighting against their inner morality.
First, the propaganda that inspired Paul and his fellows are proven to be false within the horror of war. “In the spasm of terror, under the hailing of annihilation, in the bellowing death of explosions, O Earth though grant us the great resistance of new-won life” (Remarque 55). Paul along with his comrade’s face death and loss of fellow soldiers through every bombardment men fall. They dive into every earth crevasse, hole or hump that can be a life saver. Men dig deep some never wanting to come out of their hole. The lucky ones are the ones that make it through their first duty at the front. When it comes to the new recruits most don’t know when to duck and cover or to run. They continue staying in line marching like a so-called good soldier. Unlike the new recruits, those that have been there before can hear the difference between bombs, cannons, and gas. “We were eighteen and had begun to love life and the world; and we had to shoot it to pieces. The first bomb, the first explosion, burst in our hearts we are cut off from activity, from striving, from progress. We believe in such things no longer, we believe in the war” (Remarque 88). It is sad the way this