We can all agree that death is not a voyage to those who stand face to face with it. In the book All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque it describes a German soldier’s punishing physical and mental stress during the First World War, as well as the detachment from civilian life. In addition, returning back to the civilian life after experiencing war is a challenge for soldiers. In All Quiet on the Western Front each of the soldier’s lives are enduringly changed by war, they have to deal with guilt, the questions inquired, and coping with how to live.
In the first place, soldiers have to overcome an ultimatum once they return home. In All Quiet on the Western Front most of the soldiers don’t know how to live in civilian life once they arrive from war. After all, Paul says “We had ten weeks of basic training, and that changed us more radically than ten years at school.” Therefore, most recruits for World War One were fresh out of high school. The young recruits worked best because they didn’t have a life to leave behind except their schooling. However, when they returned to civilian life the soldiers …show more content…
Nevertheless one thing that is clear about the word soldier is when people meet or hear of one they ask multiple questions. On the contrary when soldiers are at war they face many challenges that they would not face in civilian life. A lot of these experiences they espouse to not think of them. In All Quiet on the Western Front Paul says “Because one thing has become clear to me: you can cope with all the horror as long as you simply duck thinking about it – but it will kill you if you try to come to terms with it.” When returning back to their lives soldiers can't complete recoil back to their old selves because they have faced a lot of life changing
In the first place, soldiers have to overcome an ultimatum once they return home. In All Quiet on the Western Front most of the soldiers don’t know how to live in civilian life once they arrive from war. After all, Paul says “We had ten weeks of basic training, and that changed us more radically than ten years at school.” Therefore, most recruits for World War One were fresh out of high school. The young recruits worked best because they didn’t have a life to leave behind except their schooling. However, when they returned to civilian life the soldiers …show more content…
Nevertheless one thing that is clear about the word soldier is when people meet or hear of one they ask multiple questions. On the contrary when soldiers are at war they face many challenges that they would not face in civilian life. A lot of these experiences they espouse to not think of them. In All Quiet on the Western Front Paul says “Because one thing has become clear to me: you can cope with all the horror as long as you simply duck thinking about it – but it will kill you if you try to come to terms with it.” When returning back to their lives soldiers can't complete recoil back to their old selves because they have faced a lot of life changing