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

Stories are always being told every day. There is a whole variety and usually a story is never the same because of how unique they can be. Some stories can never be felt by the listener unless the it is experience by themselves or the teller of the story gives great detail like are really in that situation. This is exactly what Erich Marie Remarque is trying to do in the novel All Quiet on the Western Front. Remarque wrote the book in first person because it allows the reader to experience the brutality of what is happening. Paul is the narrator and main character in the novel and helps with storytelling and theme. Remarque chose to write All Quiet on the Western Front in first person and Paul helping with theme and storytelling because it helps the reader grasp the authorial intent, the reader can relate to the characters, and it brings more insight of what is really happening.

The first reason Remarque chose to write in first person is so that the reader can understand his intent for writing the book. The authorial intent for All Quiet on the Western Front is that war is not as glorious and great as it is portrayed to be and it

When Remarque writes in the point of view of Paul, he can explain a lot about what is going on and how his friends and himself feel about it. That is how Paul expresses the theme of how bad war really is, by his storytelling. Multiple times in the book Paul recalls memories and how the war has changed them because of terrors he has seen and those memories will never be the same. “After I have been startled a couple times in the street by the screaming of tramcars, which resembles the shriek of a shell coming straight for me, someone taps me on the shoulder” (Remarque 165). This quote shows how normal things of everyday life has changed and Paul knows it is most likely going to stay that way if he gets through the war