All Queit on the western front

A detailed Summary of All Queit on the western front

Whenever one reads or hears about World War I or World War II, you hear about the

struggles of the British, Americans. And they always speak of the evil and menacing German

army. However, All Quiet on the Western Front gives the reader some insight and a look at a

group of young German friends who are fighting in World War I. It simply tells of a generation of

men who even though they may have escaped its shells, were destroyed by the war. The soldiers

of this war felt they were neither heroes nor did they know what they were fighting for. These

soldiers were pulled from the innocence of their childhood, and thrown into a world of rage. Yet

some how they still managed to have heart and faith in man kind and could not look the opponent

in the eye and kill him. The comrades were taught to fight. They were taught to kill the British

and their allies. The comrades had no personal reason to fight with the other, except that it was an

order and must be done. They were not fighting because they held a strong passion for their

country, or felt deeply for the cause of the war. Albert simply states, "...almost all of us are simple

folk. And in France, too, the majority of men are laborers, workmen, or poo

hero, they clung on to their life at all times. These soldiers went to extremes to save themselves

motionless." Paul feels emotion, and fails to be a hero for he feels compassion. " We do not fight,

character developed and how much they had changed by the end of the book. I think that is a

brave wretches, who are so terrified that they dare not cry out loudly, but with battered chests,

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was excellent and I would definitely read it again at a future date.

in World War I., instead of the view of the Allies. I also liked the way the personalities of each

moment the whole slaughter whirls like a circus around me, and these two eyes alone are

the French nor the British. Therefore they lacked will to fight the war and did not fit the title of

good way to show the reader what each character had been threw. In short, I thought the book

with torn bellies, arms and legs only whimper softly for their mothers and cease as soon as one

we defend ourselves against annihilation." This war was not a glorious event to partake in for the

as well. Unprepared and still innocent the recruits stared at the world in front of them

Approximate Word count = 816
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)

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