All quiet on the Western Front

Report on “All Quiet on the Western Front” “All Quiet on the Western Front” is a novel written by Erich Maria Remarque. It is a war novel that tells the story of a young man and his experiences in combat during World War I. The title of the novel roots from a phrase used to describe the silence between shellings and infantry attacks during the battles fought on the western front ( Text, 895 ). Although World War …showed first 75 words of 991 total…

…showed last 75 words of 991 total…him old beyond his years and he confirms that when he says “...Youth? That is long ago. We are old folk” (pg. 18). Paul describes his acknowledgment that the war has transformed him when he describes that the soldiers have been transformed “...into thugs, into murderers, into God only knows what devils...” ( pg.114 ). Naturally “a beast” is incapable of returning to a civilian life. This is the unfortunate fate of the soldiers who survived the war.