All Quiet on the Western Front: Nature of WarIn the books All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque and The Wars by Timothy Findley, there is clear evidence of the nature of war . With all the efforts of preparation, discipline and anticipation, false hopes have been created for young people, who leave the battlefields with numerous emotional and physical scars. Propaganda and disciplinary training to convince naive young men to go into battle to fight for their country, the death of their comrades, and physical collapse are all part of twentieth-century warfare. Paul Baumer is the main character in All Quiet on the Western Front, and Robert Ross is the main character in The Wars. Both boys were very young when they were exposed to the First World War. The war was getting worse as the days passed and soldiers were dying rapidly. The commanding officers felt it was best to convince young men to go to war to support and fight for their country. They were not told who they were really fighting for or the cause. In Paul's case, Germany was under attack from many sides, and it was best for him to head to the front lines and defend his homeland. Paul was almost “brainwashed” and was completely convinced he was doing the right thing. Once upon a time it was different. When we went to the district commander to enlist, we were a class of twenty young men, many of whom proudly shaved for the first time before going to the barracks. We had no specific plans for our future. Our thoughts about career and employment were still too impractical in character to provide any life plan. We were still full of vague ideas that gave life, and even war, an ideal and almost romantic character. We were trained in the army for ten weeks and in this time we were influenced more profoundly than in ten years of school (Remarque 25). However, in Robert's case, he felt neglected by his family and sought refuge in the war as a way to escape from his family and the death of his sister. Robert envied him because he could leave when all this was over and surround himself with space. (It was then, perhaps, that the first inkling came that the time had come for Robert to join the army. (Findley 24).