In both books, A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway, and All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque, the subject of war is seen in two strikingly different perspectives. War was thought to be productive and nesscesary by the older generation and central political figures, but when one hears the viewpoint of the young men who actually had to encounter it, it is a much different story. War affects the lives of people in ways that the average person cannot even begin to comprehend. The end result of the war produced a group of men coming home, who were so disillusioned and lost that they were referred to as "The Lost Generation."

Ernest Hemingway can find an example of the Lost Generation in the book, A Farewell to Arms. The main character, Lieutenant Fre

The theme of the "Lost Generation" was very prominent throughout both books, All Quiet on the Western Front and A Farewell to Arms. Although the main characters of each book were affected in very different ways, both books portrayed the emotional heartache and physical struggles that the war caused, leaving the men with a sense of unfulfillment and disillusion. Their young lives, which were just beginning to unfold, had already been aged and broken by the cold reality of war, leaving them truly lost.

derick Henry was a prime candidate for the Lost Generation of men. Henry, who was an ambulance driver on the Italian Front found through harsh experiences, that war was not at all promising and glorious as he had thought, but that it was unessicary and truly horrible. After he had become ill and gotten out of the war, Henry felt that there was just no points to it, a

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