Erich Maria Remarque, All Quiet on the Western Front expresses the emotions and physical states that soldiers experience in battle. The novel illustrates the great struggle that Paul, a young soldier who voluntarily enlists in the war, must face to survive. Eager and ready to join Paul sees the horror of war. In contrast, Joseph Boyden tells the story of two best friends who join the war and become professional snipers. Elijah and Xavier, raised by a native culture, Xavier strictly follows his native beliefs while Elijah loses knowledge of his native background and adapts to white culture. Elijah gets lost in drugs and becomes Windigo, committing numerous murders to earn respect and the name of the best sniper. The book deals with drug addiction and the separation of best friends into different paths. Both novels show themes of the trauma of death, breaking friendships, and changing within a character to survive. Both novels show the harsh effects war can have on a soldier. Soldiers suffer emotional and physical effects that cause them to transform into animals and lose the humanity within themselves. In All Quiet in the Western Front, an important role shown by Paul is the traumatizing effects that come with the experience of death. To begin with, Paul joins voluntarily, allowing himself to be seduced by nationalist ideas. Not thinking about the actual effects and consequences that might occur, but rather joining in the idea of ​​heroism. Witnessing the scary jobs that need to be done and the comrades dying. This is seen after going to fight on the battlefield and seeing young men die. In addition to the violence in which these soldiers live in filth and terrible conditions, Paul used the card as a reason to return home, confused and alone. Paul's decision was his only freedom. See how new recruits will walk the same path and return as walking corpses. After years of service in the war, Paul is sitting peacefully in the trenches, he is hit by a bullet and as he dies his expression was one of relief because he no longer has to endure the pain and suffering. After witnessing so many murders and the fall of humanity, Paul dies a peaceful death. Ultimately, Paul being a young man going to war took his life physically and mentally. Paul goes through miserable states during the war that lead him to depression, pain and suffering. Works Cited http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/allquiet/quotes.html http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/allquiet/ canalisis.html http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/allquiet/ themes.htmlhttp://www.sparknotes.com/lit/allquiet/section6.rhtml