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All quiet on the Western Front In his novel, All Quiet on the Western Front, Remarque depicts a transition in the nature of reality from idealism to realism and naturalism. This transition takes place at different parts of his novel, and to different degrees. At the beginning of the novel, on page 12, we see through Paul B„umer's comments regarding Kantorek that he and his friends were taught in school of the "glory" of war. …

…applicable to war. This mutual exclusiveness threw Paul's world upside-down, and the transition of his reality from idealism to realism and naturalism was only the final result. His shift in value systems from vertical to horizontal was yet another testament to this theory. In conclusion, it has been proven that in his novel, All Quiet on the Western Front, Erich Remarque depicts a transition in the nature of reality from idealism to realism and naturalism.