All Quiet on the Western Front

The book "All Quiet on the Western Front" was written in a first person. Paul Baümer, a nineteen-year-old student, persuaded to join with the German army by his schoolmaster, Kantorek, told the account. With many of his acquaintances from school, he is educated in war techniques under Corporal Himmelstoss, a harsh, strict, disciplined commander who does not like Paul because of his "defiance.” After going to the front for long periods of time, Paul …showed first 75 words of 624 total…

…showed last 75 words of 624 total…October of 1918. The book portrays his death as, "...his face had an expression of calm, as though almost glad the end had come." World War I ended the next month. “All Quiet on the Western Front” teaches Americans that the German soldier is not the bloodthirsty monsters that Americans picture. It tells that they are friendly, look out for one another, and are just like us. They are just from a different country and culture.