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Symbolism Of Paul's Coins In All Quiet On The Western Front

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Paul uses the words “coins of different provinces; and now we are melted down, and all bear the same stamp, to show the men’s indifference. Their previous identities bear no more meaning to the soldiers. They are all German soldiers now fighting for the same cause. The coins could possibly represent how the soldiers of the war are continuously are apathetically put out in warfare and given no care for demise because they can easily be replaced by a new group of men. Men are constantly replaced in the story especially when many new recruits were stationed at Paul’s base to cover for the 150 soldiers of Paul’s class that died fighting the war. The coins basically represent how soldiers are treated like money and spent apathetically.

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