All Quiet On The Western Front Essay

The men have a discussion on who starts the war, they reach the conclusions that even if the Kaiser had said no to the war it would have happened. They decide that a war is started because the government is outraged by another country. Even though, the country claims they are fighting for their fatherland. It is really just a political game in which they care nothing about. They also believe there is fame to be claimed for history books. On scouting day, Paul looses his sense of direction and gets lost in the trenches therefore, ending up on the enemy line. He runs trench to trench during the night until he stumbles upon Kat and Albert. He feels as though his comrades are closer to him than a lover. They have a lot in common they share the …show more content…
Paul is no longer the narrator, and the story is now told in third-person because Paul dies. The way Paul dies is ironic because he is finally at peace, the day is calm. It is almost as though he was glad that the end had finally came This book was written so the world be able to hear of the brutality of war. Not necessarily understand it, but be able to hear what war was like. To be able to here the testimony of the horrors the soldiers were faced with every day. Some of the most popular war movies such as Pearl Harbor, Saving Private Ryan, and The Patriot are all great war movies. However, these movies romanticized what war was like. Whereas in this novel, it depicts how war was actually experienced. With 126,000 casualties of the United States alone, All Quiet on the Western Front replaces that romantic and heroism of these other novels with the brutal reality of death and violence. With all of Paul’s classmates being dead, and then Paul’s death in the end it emphasizes what the devastating effects of war have on the young men who were convinced by their elders, such as teacher Kantorek to be loyal to Germany. They felt as though they were trapped into fighting to show their