Advantages: Perfect picture of war, deep characters, harsh lessons, undeniable realism Disadvantages: Crushingly realistic, morbid at times
All Quiet on The Western Front is a phrase synonymous with an uneventful day on the frontlines of a battlefield. however, it is a actually a crude translation of a line from this gripping, intense story of a group of young comrades trapped in the bleak, u ...
Advantages: Informs us about the effects of war Disadvantages: none!
All Quiet on the Western Front was written by Erich Maria Remarque. I read this story for my A Level German Coursework, alongside the German version, I would definetly recommend you to read it.
This story is about a group of school boys, who are p ...
Advantages: The ultimate anti-war novel Disadvantages: Some people just don't get it
I have a morbid fascination for WW1 - The Great War (there's an oxymoron for you) - particularly in relation to the Western Front. I will read every book I can find, watch every movie/documentary, and I've visited most of the battleground sites and muse ...
Advantages: Excellent war novel Disadvantages: IT is based on the truth which means men went through the torture described in its pages.
All Quiet on the Western Front is a moving, harrowing tale, bringing to life the war that was to end all wars. Written by Remarque, a German soldier who fought in France, on the western front almost 84 years ago, the book follows the fate of a young germa ...
Advantages: Easy to read, good storyline, humane approach Disadvantages: nothing as such
This 298 page book written by Erich Maria Remarque is basically a war novel about First World War by a person who himself was a German war veteran at that war. This gives him the edge as an author to present the first hand experience of the blood shedding ...
