All_Quiet_On_The_Western_Front

All Quiet On The Western Front All Quiet on the Western Front The novel All Quiet on the Western Front portrays all the negatives of war. It shows how a war goes from an adventure to a reality. The German soldiers in the novel were school kids that had no idea what war was really like. They looked at it as an adventure and an opportunity to be considered heroes. At least that is what Kantorek drilled into their heads. He did not display the horrors of the war just how great it was to die for your country. Kantorek persuaded Paul along with many of his schoolmates to volunteer and join the war. In the first chapter you really understand how war can change a man. Half of Paul’s company was killed in a battle with the French. The men got back and all they could think about was food. The cook had prepared for one hundred men but there were only seventy left. He said he was not going to distribute the food until everyone was there. He realized that not all of the men returned. When they found out that they could have quiet, western, front, paul, war, man, men, friend, just, going, die, back, while, nothing, left, home, food, boots, anti-war, about, way, time, returns, really, quiet, novel, killed, kill, kat, shows, out, hole, half, goes, go, getting