Paul says: "Our knowledge of life is limited to death" (Remarque, All Quiet on the Western Front). The main character and his classmates were only nineteen and twenty years old when they enlisted to go to war. Even before going to war, the only thing these young men knew was death, cruelty, suffering and despair. War forces men to constantly fear for their lives. When they are on the war front they don't fight for their country, they fight for their lives. Remarque writes about how war has a destructive effect on the mental and physical health of soldiers. Furthermore, it makes them feel hopeless and sacred, they have no hope for a future after the war. Therefore, soldiers fighting in World War I disconnected from their emotions in order to survive the horrific situation of the war they were fighting. “We want to live at any price; we cannot therefore burden ourselves with sentiments which, though they may be ornamental enough in peacetime, would be out of place here” (Remarque, All Quiet on the Western Front). The observation in this quote shows how soldiers mentally deal with the burden of war. All soldiers have a great bond of friendship and loyalty as they share the experiences of