All Quiet on the Western Front

The ending of All Quiet on the Western Front is marked by irony as Paul, the protagonist, dies just before the war's end, highlighting the senselessness of his and millions of others' deaths. Despite...

Images that linger from All Quiet on the Western Front include the wounded horses, symbolizing the senseless cruelty of war, and the silence surrounding Paul's death, highlighting the futility of...

Paul Baumer enlists in the German army during World War I, inspired by patriotic fervor, but soon discovers the grim reality of war. The novel details life in the trenches, exposing the horrors and...

Paul has mixed feelings about the soldiers' brothels. He dislikes them due to the dehumanizing nature and long queues but finds himself succumbing to desire. The brothels symbolize the cruelty and...

As seen in All Quiet on the Western Front, in wartime, an enemy is a group of people whom you are told to fight, without any personal feelings of animosity. In private life, an enemy is a person whom...

While All Quiet on the Western Front is largely a realistic depiction of World War I's horrors, it also contains elements of romanticism. Romanticized views appear in the beliefs of civilians who...