All Quiet on the Western Front
Remarque’s novel All Quiet on the Western Front is a story of war unlike most others. Instead of action and heroism that is the basis for a lot of war based novels; Remarque shows us the soldier, and what physical and psychological effects war can have on people. The horrors of war, death of friends, and the short-mindedness of people all contradict the positive ideals that were originally generated by supporting the homeland and patriotism.
The novels setting, World War I was a different approach in the history of warfare. The essential “rules” of war had evolved slowly over time and became more of the invisible enemy type of war. At this stage, trench warfare became evident, shelling each other until one side or the other would make a move. Technological advances also became evident as well, mustard gas and the machine gun had added to the present and future of warfare, being close to your enemy was not as common as it once was.
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