What is ironic, or dramatically unexpected about the novel's ending?
As my group discussed what we thought about the story's ending, the most obvious aspect that we found interesting was how peacefully Paul seems to have died. By the last chapter, my group thought that Paul had come to terms with the war, while in fact I thought that he had been so broken by it that he was simply resigned to his position and fate. I don't necessarily believe that this is peace, it is a complete loss of hope. Something else that struck me during our conversation was how the day he died, the report said a single sentence, "All quiet on the western front." Through everything that Paul had been through, he died on a day that nothing happened; there was no great battle, no glorious fight. Paul dies calm and with a look of happiness. Perhaps this is because he just wanted the suffering to end
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