and the theme of how hunger can stab harder at the stomach, than a bayonet. The overall thematic "lesson to be learned," so to speak, is that simple things can cause great damage.
             The involvement of young recruits in the war is not only dimwitted, but also saddening to see when their innocent inexperienced minds are maimed by the whim of warfare. During the bombardment at "No Man's Land," Paul Bäumer says, "They [recruits] flock together like sheep instead of scattering, and even the wounded ar
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