... and mentally shattered by World War I. The novel is brutally honest and is told from the unique first-person viewpoint of a young German soldier, Paul Baumer. From the first hand accounts of Remarque, who served in the war, Baumer's depiction of the horrors and degradations of war, and the physical, spiritual and psychological toll it takes on all its participants gains credibility and ... , the anxiety and soul-deadening suffering that is the result of "modern" mechanized trench warfare. Remarque brutally strips away these misconceptions with his grimly poetic prose to reveal truth. As ...

• Word Count: 424
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: Undergraduate