All Quiet on the Western Front

In All Quiet on the Western Front, Remarque uses a technique that jumps from idea to idea, in no particular order, to help enhance the feeling that Paul Baumer went through during this entire process of being in war. Because even in the individual ideas, you can tell that Paul's mind is all over the place, he has to think fast, act fast, and use his instincts more than his brain in order to survive. It helps you capture the essence of being through all this with him, if your mind is slightly scattered it gives you a point of reference. He also shows that Paul can think more and process more when off the battlefield, such as when he and his friends are sitting around and talking about if the war was over. Whereas in the fighting, they only worry about staying alive and what is happening that moment. Also the techniques Remarque uses helps capture the comradeship that he and his fellow soldiers have, when they are emotionally detached in order to stay alive, all they have is each other and he says multiple times that he and these men are "closer than lovers", facing death every day, sometimes to rescue each other, other times just seeing men die. It leaves you with almost a shock, with how much they have to go through, and only being young men of about 20.