All Quiet on Western Front
All Quiet on the Western Front The novel is a protest about the senselessness of war. ... First published in Germany, “All Quiet on the Western Front” is a powerful story about what war does to a nation involved, and how young boys are forced to become men in a rollercoaster ride of emotional encounters. ... After finishing the novel it is unlikely that the reader wouldn’t think of how all the murder could have been prevented. ... When All Quiet on the Western Front was first published it received great acclaim in 1929, and changed the people of Europe’s minds about war forever. ... The reality of war and what ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ says in the end is that there are no winners in war.