The young Paul Boymer, the fitter Garden, Miller who always carries his textbooks with him, the sober corporal Klopp, the coal digger Haile Weishus, the farmer Detling, and Stanislaus Kaczynski were sent to the front after ten weeks of military training. In 1918, the last member of this class was also killed on the front line. The record in the battle report of the army headquarters was only one sentence: There is no war on the Western Front.
Reader comments
This book made me feel the cruelty and helplessness of war. I loved the delicate depiction of the characters' inner lives, especially Paul's struggles in the face of war. However, I hate those generals who sit in their offices and direct the war but are indifferent to the lives and deaths of their soldiers. Overall, this is a book worth reading and will give you a deeper understanding of war.
This book made me feel the cruelty and helplessness of war. I loved the delicate depiction of the characters' inner lives, especially Paul's struggles in the face of war. However, I hate those generals who sit in their offices and direct the war but are indifferent to the lives and deaths of their soldiers. Overall, this is a book worth reading and will give you a deeper understanding of war.