All Quiet on the Western Front
Explain why the narration changes to third person in chapter twelve.
All Quiet on the Western Front
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All Quiet on the Western Front
I think this is to frame the perspective in a more sanitized tone after we have experienced such intimate moments with our protagonist. You might also consider that, like Hamlet, Paul is absorbed in his own verbal thoughts, unable to escape from them. Remarque possibly wrote his novel to master and define the emotions of war; perhaps he is the third-person narrator at the end who describes Paul's death.