All Quiet on the Western Front
... Paul relationship solidified throughout the movie and really was a great feature to an already good movie. Eventually, Paul became quite battle tested and eventually had an opportunity to go home and visit his family. Paul visited his sick mother and in one interesting scene visited the school, in which the recruiter or school teacher was there trying to recruit a new class. Paul was relunctant, but he eventually, told the students exactly what it was like in the trenches. They called him cowards, he expected this and declared he should never have came back. Another interesting scene, is where the older men where drinking in a local bar, all having their own ways, in which the Germans could win the war; much like Americans or other football lovers might think they know the best way to exploit another NFL team's weakness. In most cases, the professional commanders or coaches know best. Paul and a comrade of his, later on in the film, got injured and had to be hospitalized. The way the hospital was run was quite interesting, as an older patient told the others once they take your clothes you never come back. Of course, this occurs and he cries for his life, as he thinks the doctors and fellow nurses will just let him be and die. When he comes back, he is completely surprised and overwhelmed with joy, Paul shortly later finds out his friend had to have his leg amputated. Paul's friend doesn't take the news very well, as anybody could relate to a young man losing the use of a leg his entire life. Luckily, for his friend he was sent home, Paul was sent back to reality, war. Paul was sent back to the front lines, where he soon found out many of his friends were gone. The character Kat still remained and he held on to that hope as he went on to greet his friend. Somewhat predictable but tragic sequence of events occured where Kat becomes injured and Paul is forced to carry him to safety. Kat had been shot, Paul had to carry Kat to the nearest dressing station a few miles away. Stopping every few minutes to rest, Paul frequently checked to make sure that Kat, even with his injury, was ok. When at last Paul reached the dressing station the nurse told him that Kat was dead. When Paul checked again a small shell fragment had just penetrated that back of Kat's head. He was still even warm. Kat was the last of Paul's friends to die in the war. Losing all of his friends, and most of his hope. Paul's will to survive might have dropped, and near the end of the war Paul observes a beautiful butterfly and reaches out to touch it. He i...