Soldier Suicide "I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, for vengeance, for desolation. War is hell.” (Remarque) Most people on planet Earth have experienced the horrible emotion of fear, and some have even experienced cruel side effects of the trauma. But watching people die, causing the death of others, and just blatantly fearing for your life every second, is an abhorrent emotion that consumes a small percent of the world's population that isn't working in a factory, saving lives in the operating room, or writing the most revolutionary books of all time. These are soldiers. People that once had dreams of what the world was like on the sidelines of the battle field, the patriotic glory of fighting for your country. But during the draft, there was no choice. Every man between the ages of 18 and 26 had to fight. They had to kill. And William Tecumseh Sherman showed us what war really is: hell. This quote was written by Sherman in his unforgettable piece of literature, All Quiet On The Western Front. While there were two different sides to the opposition of war, Sherman gave us a first look exclusive inside what WWI was like and its immense impact on the morality of soldiers. Now, Sherman displayed a …show more content…
enemy, Paul recognizes the humanity in them. He sees the same common humanity in the French soldier Gerard Duval, whom he kills. He realizes there is no reason why they should be enemies. This is only one example of many in which the war changes the mind of a soldier uncontrollably, from a psychological standpoint to a physical exchange between what is considered “normal” to a damaged good. If it weren’t for the fact that the soldiers stuck together in this wretched, inhumane battle, they wouldn’t have