The phrase "Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori" translates too "It is sweet and fitting to die for one's country." I agree with this poems title. soldiers should feel more content dying fro their country rather than old age or doing drugs. when you die by getting killed by drugs or being a criminal you are disgraced and probably didn't have that many people love you in your life time. But if you die for your country, you die with full honor and courage. There are many disadvantages for dying for your country, for one you lose your life, and two depending on the injury or way of death it could had been painful, scary, and in "World War I" war was dehumanizing and turned men into animals. Paul in the beginning of the the novel was eager to die for his country and thought it was a great cause to join. Later on at the end of the book you find out that Paul's opinion on dying for your country has changed and he now would give the world to have his friends back.
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