Analysis Of Erich Maria Remarque's All Quiet On The Western Front

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`In the book All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque being a soldier in World War I was not at all amusing. The soldiers in the war,fighting for their country, had very inferior living conditions such as ditches infested with rats, a widespread of lice among the men and decaying bodies all around them. This war was the turning point for technology, introducing more advanced weapons making killing much easier. They found from trenches to protect themselves from being killed. Each side would switch off running into no man's land. Not only did these soldiers undergo blatant living conditions but they were also losing limbs, dying and watching their men be killed. Three major ways in which the soldiers were affected by the war in All Quiet on the Western Front were that they faced many physical injuries, they were traumatized by watching man after man die making them fearful, and they gained a great amount of camaraderie. …show more content…

In the beginning of the book two students had gone to visit their friend who had lost his leg. Not only was this war traumatizing for the soldiers but the family and friends of them too. The war was a painful experience for everyone ruining many people's lives. When Kemmerich was injured he was greatly agonized,the battle never really ended for him. He had pains in his foot, but he was more worried about his watch. Another example of physical injury is when the soldiers were in the trenches and a shell fell in the trench, this wounded or even killed many soldier. The war was so bad many soldiers would shoot themselves in the foot just to go home and escape the

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