... day wondering if it will be your last. That is what the main character Paul goes through in the anti-war novel All Quiet On the Western Front by Erich Remarque. It is about a young man who has been fighting on the front for the Germans during WWI. He has to face the horrors of war through gas attacks, full on charges, and close combat. All Quiet On the Western Front is a great book for several reasons. One excellent thing about ... this book is the foreshadowing. Foreshadowing is when the author indicates beforehand that an ... ...

• Word Count: 530
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

... All Quiet on the Western Front is a fictional novel about WWI published in January 1929. Erich yon Remarque wrote this story from the soldier's point of view, unlike most war stories written about WWI prior to this. The main character of the story is a young German soldier named Paul Baumer. The story is about Paul and his soldier buddies, and just how they deal with the many aspects of war. The ... story's main focus is not on the specific battles of the war, but is more concerned with the environment and temperament in which the war is fought. All Quiet on the Western Front deals more ...

• Word Count: 1239
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... destroyed by the war."" The book is peppered with examples of the "Lost Generation,"" as well as images of man's inhumanity to man. Remarque states simply that this is not a book that exemplifies war by encompassing a love story, nor by turning it into an adventure, "for death is not an adventure to those who stand face to face with it."" Through the character of Paul ... Baumer, Remarque illustrates these recurring themes and the effects of the war on the Lost Generation. In times of war, average citizens are taught to kill anything that does not carry the same flag as they do. Soldier...

• Word Count: 817
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School