All_Quiet_On_The_Western_Front

All Quiet On The Western Front All Quiet on the Western Front All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque is considered an anti-war novel through examples of the horror and waste of human life during war time. Throughout the novel, the death and destruction caused by battle is clearly depicted. The major theme of the novel dwells on the waste and emptiness of war. Thousands of lives are lost just because a few men in authority want more land and more power. Ordinary people, with valuable aspirations and dreams, are being pulled into the battle and forced to fight courageously, only to have a grave as a reward. War does not only destroy lives and property, but also destroys the human spirit. These Soldiers are subjects to emotional as well as physical torment; eyes being blinded, limbs are blown off, blood flows everywhere, and innocent men die in agony. The clear message is that there is no glory or honor in war because it all will end in death. The reasons that men gave for enlisting were nationalism and patriotism, which were later shown to be false and empty by Remarque. The author makes these claims with example in each chapter; the sharing war, death, boots, paul, soldiers, remarque, novel, men, chapter, just, front, same, life, however, because, time, three, soldier, power, ourselves, one, kemmerich, human, home, fear, face, become, baumer, battle, anti-war, without, western, waste, throughout, through