Essay Archive - All Quiet On the Western Front: Themes
All Quiet On the Western Front: Themes
All Quiet on the Western Front is a graphic depiction of the horrors of
war. In the short note before Chapter One, Remarque lets the reader know
exactly what themes he intends. War is a savage and gratuitous evil, war is
unnatural, and war is responsible for the destruction of an entire generation.
Remarque is very clear on the strength of his themes, and uses graphic imagery
to convey to the reader the physical and psychological impact that war has on
humanity. But Remarque uses more than graphic description to support his themes.
Remarque also utilizes a very defi....
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