Mind Map of All Quiet on the Western Front

All Quiet on the Western Front mind map is War Literature based Novel. It depicts the story of a group of young Germans who join the army during World War I after being inspired by patriotic and honorable slogans. Paul Baumer, the protagonist, is 20 years old when the story begins. The young soldiers quickly discover that the romanticized depiction of war they were told about is nothing like the battlegrounds they see.

The novel begins with the group having just been relieved of their front-line duty. One of Paul's classmates, Kemmerich, has had his thigh amputation due to a wound, and some of the troops travel to see him at St. Joseph's hospital. Paul feels glad to be reunited with his comrades. Soon after, he volunteers to go on a patrol and kills a man for the first time in hand-to-hand combat. He watches the man die, in pain for hours.

He feels remorse and asks forgiveness from the man's corpse. He is devastated and later confesses to Kat and Albert, try to comfort him and reassure him that it is only part of the war. They are then sent on what Paul calls a "good job." They must guard a supply depot in a village that was evacuated due to being shelled.