Erich Maria Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front is an anti-war novel expressing the views of an average World War I soldier named Paul. Erich Maria Remarque uses an assortment of voice elements to create tone. In the passage on the preceding page, Paul describes his surroundings on the front. The tones of the excerpt are presented to be emotionless and overwhelming. An example of a voice element that has a large role in the tone is diction. Diction is used in the excerpt by the use of the word “automatons.” The use of the term automatons contributes to the emotionless tone because automatons are incapable of having emotions, performing a task without instruction, or thinking. It is coherent that Paul and his comrades do not feel in control
