ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT

All Quiet on the Western Front

“All Quiet on the Western Front”

Introduction

The Novel “All quiet on the Western front” is a very interesting novel, written by Erich Maria Remarque, which was based on the reality, it was written in 1928.All Quiet on the Western Front One of the major themes in Remarque's novel, All Quiet on the Western Front is comradeship. Paul deals with each type of comradeship differently and is changed personally by each experience.

Paul had many friends in his regiment, but his best friends were, Kat, Tjaden, and Kropp. These three men were there for Paul during the virtuous and wretched times. Kat, the most experienced, was the father figure to all the men. He proved to be amazing in many ways. In one scene the regiment is in a deserted town; they are tired and enter an old building to sleep, but they complain that they are hungry. Kat asked someone in the regiment, from the town, if they knew where there was any food. The man replied “No”. So Kat went looking, when he returned, “He had two loaves of bread under his arm and a blood stained bag full of horse flesh in his hand.” 

Discussion

All quiet on the western front is one of the most interesting novels of Erich Maria Remarque, based on the First World War. Where, many men and women lost their lives simply because they were called the enemy. In the novel “All quiet on the western front” the leading character is Paul Baumer, who is a nineteen year old. Paul has been picked for war, with his class fellows and friends. He has never been away from school.  They had been sent for the war to protect their country which is called the fatherland (Germany) ...