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By the end of the book, Paul realizes that he no longer knows what to do with himself and decides that he has nothing more to lose.

The war appears to have snuffed out his hopes and dreams, which he feels he can never regain.

After years of fighting, Paul is finally killed in October 1918, on an extraordinarily quiet, peaceful day.

The army report that day contains only one phrase: “ All quiet on the Western Front .” As Paul dies, his face is calm, “ as though almost glad the end had come .”