All quite on the western front
All quite on the western frontAll Quiet on the Western Front
One of the best war novels that is read by thousands of
high school students each year is Erich Maria Remarque's All
Quiet on the Western Front. This story depicts the life as a
solider in the German Army fighting against the Central Powers.
The solider, Paul B�umer tell us of the fun he indures along
with the hardships of war demonstrating an antiwar theme. The
scene in this book that displays the antiwar theme the best
would have to the "shell hole" scene that starts on page 207
and ends on page 229 demonstrating an ironic tone that is
created wonderfully using Remarque's organizational and
dictional skills.
This scene starts out by showing us how the army has
turned it's soldiers into people that feel nothing. It does this
by describing a battle scene were a Trench Mortar was used to
kill member of their army. These people were blown out of
there clothes into tree, some were missing arms. But all that
they had to say about it was that they should report it to the
stretcher-bearers' because it was not their job to help these
fellow soldiers that were fighting on the same side. They were
fight for the same reason, for the same team and nothing even
crossed their minds that they might soon be those people in the
trees or maybe just laying on the ground, and other soldiers will
pass them and think nothing of it other than it is not their job
to help them out. Right after this situation Paul experiences
just this...
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