If there was one thing that one person should learn from this novel it is that war is not pretty although it is appealing before you join. Regardless of what the recruiters and military personnel say, if there is a war you will die. Emotionally or physically you will die in some way. Most novels glorify war and the deaths of the opposing enemy, but All Quiet on the Western Front does the exact opposite. For example, when Paul fatally wounds Duval in a shell hole he spends the night horribly watching him die and Paul begins to beg for his forgiveness, but ironically that's the reality of war.

eive by signing up. Paul is ecstatic that he is going away to war.

Personally, I thought this was a great novel. It showed the harsh and horrid reality of war and death without hesitation. With Remarque's descript

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