During World War I, inspired by the persuasion of patriotic teachers and the examples of his peers, 18-year-old Paul Boymer and his classmates volunteered to join the army and were soon sent to the front line. These young people who should be at the center of their lives are forced to face the constant threat of death. Paul experienced the cruelty of war and the disillusionment of blind heroic ideals. He watched his comrades die one by one in hunger, pain and fear. When he returned to his hometown during his vacation, he found that he had long lost contact with his past life. The war took away everything they once believed in. People in the rear could not understand what they had experienced. The artillery fire shattered their flesh and blood and shattered their yearning for life. It also heralded an overall failure of human civilization. Just as the war was about to end, Paul, as the last member of his class, fell on the silent front line, and the battle report that day had only one sentence: All Quiet on the Western Front.
Reader comments
This book touched me deeply. It truly depicts the cruelty of war. Thinking of the relatives and friends around me who have experienced the war, I can understand the confusion and pain of the protagonists in the book. The war has caused people to lose so much. As the book says, it interrupts the lives of older people, but for young people, the war washes them away. I especially hate those people in the book who blindly advocate war. They have no idea how much harm war will cause people. This book is really worth reading. It will make you appreciate your current peaceful life more.
War is not just a back-and-forth from politicians' mouths, but a physical and psychological devastation to those caught up in it. Young soldiers are pushed onto the battlefield when they are still beginning to understand the world. What does the world look like in their eyes? What about war? They are fighting for their lives in a hurry, but what will happen to them if they survive? It seems like nothing is right no matter what I do. And in the end, it all turned into "All Quiet on the Western Front" in the telegram
The cruelty of war... Makes people feel immersed and empathetic
This book touched me deeply. It truly depicts the cruelty of war. Thinking of the relatives and friends around me who have experienced the war, I can understand the confusion and pain of the protagonists in the book. The war has caused people to lose so much. As the book says, it interrupts the lives of older people, but for young people, the war washes them away. I especially hate those people in the book who blindly advocate war. They have no idea how much harm war will cause people. This book is really worth reading. It will make you appreciate your current peaceful life more.
War is not just a back-and-forth from politicians' mouths, but a physical and psychological devastation to those caught up in it. Young soldiers are pushed onto the battlefield when they are still beginning to understand the world. What does the world look like in their eyes? What about war? They are fighting for their lives in a hurry, but what will happen to them if they survive? It seems like nothing is right no matter what I do. And in the end, it all turned into "All Quiet on the Western Front" in the telegram
The cruelty of war... Makes people feel immersed and empathetic