Ethnicity and Intolerance “All Quiet on the Western Front” In “All Quiet on the Western Front” Paul Bäumer is a soldier for the German army in WWI. He is fighting the French, British, the United States, and the Russians (who are called the Allies). He was pressured by his school teacher to volunteer for the war when he was just ending school. In this book, Paul (the main character) and his friends (fellow soldiers) …showed first 75 words of 2016 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2016 total…garbage for food. He realizes that these Russians are humans like him. They need food, shelter and clothing. He wonders: What reason does he have to kill them? He then splits some of his cigarettes up and gives them to the prisoners. This shows that he sees them as real humans and not just the enemy. To Paul they do not appear to him to be a part of a force that threatens his fatherland.