Baumer to many is a of many traits; but when it comes to war he’s caring, a man scarred from war, and a brother to his comrades. When it came to his comrades, Baumer would do anything for them; they were apart of him that could never be left for dead. When in need of help, their voices “are more to [him] than life,”; they are the “most comforting thing there is” (Remarque 212). They have developed a brotherhood so strong that not even his relationship with his family compares to it. During his leave, Baumer realized that he could never live in the civilian world again; he was forever scarred from life of war. The life he lives in war “cut [cut] him off and made the world” outside the war “a thing incomprehensible” for him to live in (Remarque
