All Quiet on the Western Front

All Quiet on the Western Front, written by Erich remarque jumps from scenario to scenario to show how war is very speratic and that what is to come is almost always uncertain. Remarque does this by having Paul Baumer in an intense front line fight or bombardment, and the next Baumer and his fellow fighters are feasting and relaxing in a supply depot. Remarque also does this within chapters. In chapter nine Baumer is out on a patrol. It is his first since returning to the front line. He is struck with fear but his fighting instincts kick in and he regains composure and is safely on his way back to his trentch. Then, suddenly he is struck with fear and becomes lost in no mans land. This novel does a great job in showing how war affects the people fighting it. They lose what makes them human. The fear goes away and fighting becomes second nature. The gruesome and shocking scenes they witnessed while fighting doesn't faze them, but before the war they could have never imagined seeing what they saw.