On All Quiet on the Western Front

All Quiet on the Western Front is a great work written by famous German writer Erich Maria Remarque. It was made into a film in 1930. The film told the story of a group of German schoolboys, talked into enlisting at the beginning of World War I by their jingoistic teacher. The experience of the young German recruits was the main body of the movie. It highlighted the tragedy of war through the eyes of individuals. As the boys saw death and mutilation all around them with their own eyes, any preconceptions about “the enemy” and the “rights and wrongs” of the conflict disappeared, leaving them angry and bewildered. This was highlighted in the scene where Paul mortally wound a French soldier and then wept bitterly as he fought to save his life while trapped in a shell crater with the body. The film is not about heroism but about drudgery and futility and the gulf between the concept of war and the actuality. It exposes the gilt of the war, not only to the people whose territory was invaded, but also to the people whose leaders planned and made the war out. All that the war can bring to the people concerning in it is the misery, the tragedy, nothing more. You can see the war from another side, this must be important. If you want to learn more about the war happened before, All Quiet on the Western Front is the one you must have a look.