Deaths too close

This is the last post. All Quiet on the Western Front really is a excellent novel about war, brotherhood, humanity, and life itself. In the end, when the war ended, Paul dies. However, he is the last of the the eight to die. When the seven students from a class were picked off to go to war, they often dreamt of going home, worried about the future, and when the war would end. However, throughout the novel, we see Paul's emotional separation with all his brothers, his comrades.
Kemmerich: He died in the beginning of the novel, and Paul had a painful separation with his childhood friend.
Tjaden: Always described as the lucky one, however in the beginning of the novel at Kemmerich's novel, his fight with the surgeon was mentioned. At first, I didn't understand, however I then realized that it was Paul reflecting on Tjaden's fight. He had fought off a surgeon with a dagger until finally he collapsed.
Kropp: It never finished with Kropp's death. Paul was sent to go somewhere else after the hospital, and I believe it actually foreshadowed that Kropp was going to get better, however he would never be the same again with his leg amputation.
Detering: Detering died after trying to escape. Paul had already noticed his unusual behavior when he went to pick cherries off a tree. He said that his home had a cherry tree. He tried to escape the next day, but was caught on the field and killed.
Muller: He died in battle during Paul's stay at the hospital. He inherited Kemmerich's boots in the beginning of the novel, and gave them to Paul, who said to give to Tjaden after his own death. However that never happened.
Kat: One of the closest friends with Paul, who died running on the field with Paul. He had hurt himself very bad, and while Paul and Kat were running to the dressing station to get help, he had a very little splinter head in his head, causing his death. It was perhaps one of the saddest death, because Paul was doing everything he could to keep Kat alive. He supported him most of the way, and when they stopped to rest, Paul saw Kat getting green and weaker. He picked him up and ran to the dressing station, and finally dropped to the ground when he reached there. There was joy, because he thought that he had saved Kat. However, the person there merely looked at them, and simply said that Paul could have saved the trip. Paul, in disbelief, felt Kat's warm hands, but was finally convinced when he found blood on his hands after massaging Kat's head.
Paul died on the western front of Germany's war. It was described as a calm scene, because it was all quiet, signalling the end of war. No more guns, no more bombardment. Just as Paul died, there was calmness on his face, and all those memories he had with his dead brothers, faded just like him. To everybody else, Paul was just another soldier with his fellow comrades.
Here death played a role of protagonist and antagonist. Separating with his friends, Paul was officially alone for two months after Kat's death. However, when he died, death allowed him to finally have peace, no more striving and literally dying to live. He could finally rest. War ended, just like Paul did. All Quiet on the Western Front was not a fairytale with a prince of victory, but about a insignificant soldier to the world's eyes, with life the war itself. Because it was written by Erich Maria Remarque, a real soldier during the war, I could say that many events in the book reflected what actually happened during the war. This novel was not only banned for it's mature content, but because somebody younger would not have understood the true meaning of this novel. Perhaps they would get the emotional, brotherhood side of it, but it definitely helps to read with World War One knowledge.