Quiet On The Western Front Analysis

The film, “Quiet on the Western Front”, is a great film that has a lot of merit to it’s content. I will be talking about the plot and setting. I’ll talk about the issues and the main purpose of the film is. The themes of the movie will be discussed and I shall talk about the movie itself in the context of acting, directing, and etc. I will analyze literary techniques in the movie. In this article, I will be talking about my analysis on whether how accurate it is. The strengths and weaknesses will be mentioned in the text. One major theme of the film that people are brainwashed into joining the military. Ever since the first scene of the movie, the main character, Paul, and his friends are told by their teacher that they should serve the Fatherland by joining the military and fight in the war. It seems like the teacher pressures them into joining the military by telling them that they have to join the military. They do as they’re told and Paul’s family is proud of him for joining the war. Paul and his friends are excited to join the military at first, but after the training and fighting a few days on the battlefield, they are fighting for their lives and struggle to survive. Later on in the film, we see young teenagers joining the army. By looking at them, we can …show more content…
One example of foreshadowing is when Paul was talking to one of his friends’ mother and he promises not to ever come back if his promise was false. This is foreshadowing because after making that promise Paul dies. Paul made a promise that his friend died instantly and didn’t suffer at all which was a lie. A symbol in the film was the birds. The birds were symbols of freedom because the end of the film he died and was free from fighting the war. After death, he was free and didn’t have the responsibility of fighting in the war. A young person would be interested in this film because it’s not only informational, but it is also entertaining and