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{{quote|''"This book is to be neither an accusation nor a confession. It will try simply to tell of a generation of men who, even though they may have escaped its shells, were destroyed by the war."''}} |
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''All Quiet on the Western Front'' is narrated by a young soldier, former grammar school student [[The Everyman|Paul Bäumer]]. [[War Is Hell|The horrors of trench warfare are described in a brutally realistic fashion]]. Further themes are [[Band of Brothers|comradeship]] and the soldiers' detachment from civilian life. |
''All Quiet on the Western Front'' is narrated by a young soldier, former grammar school student [[The Everyman|Paul Bäumer]]. [[War Is Hell|The horrors of trench warfare are described in a brutally realistic fashion]]. Further themes are [[Band of Brothers|comradeship]] and the soldiers' detachment from civilian life. |
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* [[An Arm and a Leg]]: Paul's former classmate Albert Kropp has his leg amputated when they're wounded together. This makes him contemplate suicide, but he eventually accepts his fate. Earlier, Franz Kemmerich, another classmate of Paul's has his leg amputated, but he doesn't survive. |
* [[An Arm and a Leg]]: Paul's former classmate Albert Kropp has his leg amputated when they're wounded together. This makes him contemplate suicide, but he eventually accepts his fate. Earlier, Franz Kemmerich, another classmate of Paul's has his leg amputated, but he doesn't survive. |
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