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Essay Archive - All Quiet on the Western Front: Alienation
All Quiet on the Western Front: Alienation
According to the Webster's New World College Dictionary, alienation
is 1. Separation, aversion, aberration. 2. Estrangement or detachment. 3.
Mental derangement; insanity.
The theme of All Quiet on the Western Front is about how World War
I destroyed a generation of young men. It has taken from them the last of
their childhood years, it has destroyed their faith in their elders, it has
taught them an individual life is meaningless--and all it has given in
return is the ability to appreciate basic physical pleasures. According to
Paul, though, the me....
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