The main character in the story, Paul Baumer, had to witness all of his friends and comrades die in battle. This sadness is seen by the way she describes the way the characters talk to each other right before their deaths. Not only does Baumer care for his comrades, but he also shows empathy for enemy soldiers as well. Baumer has stabbed an enemy solider and saw him die over a long period of time. Instead of boasting about his kill in battle, he thinks about what the enemy’s wife will feel. “No doubt his wife still thinks of him; she does not know what happened. He looks as if he would have often written to her;-she will still be getting mail from him- tomorrow, in a week’s time-perhaps even a stray letter a month hence” (222). This shows that Baumer has a true sense of sadness as he thinks about the enemy soldier’s
The main character in the story, Paul Baumer, had to witness all of his friends and comrades die in battle. This sadness is seen by the way she describes the way the characters talk to each other right before their deaths. Not only does Baumer care for his comrades, but he also shows empathy for enemy soldiers as well. Baumer has stabbed an enemy solider and saw him die over a long period of time. Instead of boasting about his kill in battle, he thinks about what the enemy’s wife will feel. “No doubt his wife still thinks of him; she does not know what happened. He looks as if he would have often written to her;-she will still be getting mail from him- tomorrow, in a week’s time-perhaps even a stray letter a month hence” (222). This shows that Baumer has a true sense of sadness as he thinks about the enemy soldier’s