Should soldiers make amends and repent for their past, horrific actions within war, and if so, how can they? Soldiers live a rough life that comes with many hardships. They go through so much death and sacrifice that it becomes embedded into their minds. After killing a human being, they lose their innocence and have almost no way of going back to the life they were accustomed to before. War makes these soldiers lose their humanity and feel empty about the significance of life. People should naturally feel remorse over someone else dying, especially by their own hands, but soldiers are trained to forget this feeling. They struggle with their moral mentality, not understanding right from wrong. In All Quiet on the Western Front, Paul stabs an enemy but finds out he is still alive. Paul feels guilt and grief for ending the life of another human being, so Paul tries his best to help and bandage him up. After a while and the soldier passed away, Paul finds his address on the lifeless body and decides that the best he can do is to send money to it as a means to make amends for his irrational action. Soldiers feel the need to repent for an action like this because they would not want to live with the guilt for the rest of their lives.