Through-out the novel All Quiet on the Western Front ,
Remarque had brought up the theme of maturity many times. While the
narrator is talking, he mentions that they are considered the "Iron
Youth", because they are taught that they have to be the young, but
strong ones, they have to grow out of their boyish childhood and become a
man now, in the war.
Maturity is brought up in many scenarios,
but when the death of friends around them becomes a natural thing,
Remarque shows in the book that these young boys are no longer living at
home in a nice house with their family, possibly working for the war,
they are in the war and have to learn to become strong men and be able
to take the sadness and disappointment of someone dying maturely. This
is hard for them in the beginning, but as this action becomes more
casual they learn to think of it as nothing happened. There are probably
going to be a lot more actions and ideas in the novel that will cause
them to become more mature than they would handle this at home, but as
for now, death of friends is one of the largest things that they have to
learn to be mature about right now.
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