Review of All Quiet on the Western Front: By Enrique Remarque All Quiet on the Western Front was written by Enrique Remarque. All Quiet on the Western Front is about several soldiers experiences throughout World War one. The main character in the story is Paul Baumer. When he was eighteen, he volunteered to fight in the war, and was selected. All Quiet on the Western Front guides you through his struggles, and many other soldiers’ struggles throughout the war, physically and mentally. Most war novels focus on the good parts of war, the fun parts, not the gruesome parts. All Quiet on the Western Front is different than most war books I have read because it shows how gruesome and demanding it can be. New improvements such as machine guns and poison gas make the war much bloodier and medical advancements are lagging. The war is taking a toll on the soldiers. A lot more soldiers are getting diseases and dying and consequently the death toll is rising. Many times in the story, Paul’s division falls victim to mortar bombings. He gets so used to it that during one attack, he stays in the building to finish his pancakes, and then leaves. The new recruits, who have never experienced war, are terrified during the first bombing. Throughout the book, Paul becomes less passionate and further distances himself from home, and even regrets going home when he was on leave. Paul was once a young man who loved writing, and towards the end of the book, isn’t saddened be his friend’s death because he is so used to it. He becomes a lost soul by the end of the war, and can’t imagine a life without the war. He has nothing else to look forward to unlike the older soldiers. In one instance, he is in a trench, and kills a soldier from the opposite side. He feels saddened because he has killed another human being. When at the training camp, he realizes the hopelessness of the war after seeing all of the injured and dead soldiers, and the Russian prisoners. Even though he hates the war, it is the only thing he knows. Enrique Remarques book describes how the war changes people, and you get to understand their everyday struggle
Review of All Quiet on the Western Front: By Enrique Remarque
All Quiet on the Western Front was written by Enrique Remarque. All Quiet on the Western Front is about several soldiers experiences throughout World War one. The main character in the story is Paul Baumer. When he was eighteen, he volunteered to fight in the war, and was selected. All Quiet on the Western Front guides you through his struggles, and many other soldiers’ struggles throughout the war, physically and mentally. Most war novels focus on the good parts of war, the fun parts, not the gruesome parts. All Quiet on the Western Front is different than most war books I have read because it shows how gruesome and demanding it can be. New improvements such as machine guns and poison gas make the war much bloodier and medical advancements are lagging. The war is taking a toll on the soldiers. A lot more soldiers are getting diseases and dying and consequently the death toll is rising. Many times in the story, Paul’s division falls victim to mortar bombings. He gets so used to it that during one attack, he stays in the building to finish his pancakes, and then leaves. The new recruits, who have never experienced war, are terrified during the first bombing.
Throughout the book, Paul becomes less passionate and further distances himself from home, and even regrets going home when he was on leave. Paul was once a young man who loved writing, and towards the end of the book, isn’t saddened be his friend’s death because he is so used to it. He becomes a lost soul by the end of the war, and can’t imagine a life without the war. He has nothing else to look forward to unlike the older soldiers. In one instance, he is in a trench, and kills a soldier from the opposite side. He feels saddened because he has killed another human being. When at the training camp, he realizes the hopelessness of the war after seeing all of the injured and dead soldiers, and the Russian prisoners. Even though he hates the war, it is the only thing he knows. Enrique Remarques book describes how the war changes people, and you get to understand their everyday struggle