Propaganda
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Introduction
Propaganda: Propaganda is information that is purposely spread by an individual or a group to change the way other groups view things.
All Quiet on the Western Front
Reason why Paul and his classmates joined the war was because of propaganda
If it wasn't for propaganda they wouldn't have been in the war
In the novel, Paul and his classmates were excited to join the war
They were persuaded in a way to get into the war with a positive attitude.
Kantorek, their teacher, makes the soldiers believe in patriotism
Their image of the glory of war is destroyed once they figure out what war is really like
"Yes, that the way they think, these hundred thousand Kantoreks! Iron Youth! Youth! We are none of us more than twenty years old. But young? Youth? That is long ago. We are old folk...