Analysis Of All Quiet On The Western Front

There are two novels that were written on the personal perspective of two common soldiers in the war to end all wars, World War I. Both novels reflect on the personal experiences as the two adversary are faced with frontline service, both ordinary soldiers, one German, the other American. Both reflect upon the horrors witnessed by trench warfare and fond memories at home.

All Quiet on the Western Front is considered to be one of the greatest war novels of all time by author Erich Maria Remarque. The novel is told from perspective of a young German soldier by the name of Paul Baumer narrating and reflecting on his experiences on the western front trench warfare of Europe through the great war. Throughout the book, Paul reflects on his friendships, his home life, hospital visits, combat and even life before the war. The novel is also heavily focused on how the war took a great toll on millions of men -not only from physical damage, but also mental turmoil. Through the Wheat is also another highly regarded war novel by author Thomas Boyd. The book is told from the perspective of a United States Marine by the name of William Hicks narrating his experience on the western front in Europe during the great war. Hicks throughout the book is faced with the hardships of life in and out of combat but is also faced with his own sanity. Both works focus on

Yet contrastingly in All Quiet on the Western Front the Homefront is just as bad as the trenches due to the lack of all general food and basic materials due to the turnip winter as well as the blockade of Germany. These factors are only worsened since Germany had been engaged in war with multiple fronts. Where in Through the Wheat the American Homefront is young and prosperous full of resources and had just recently joined the war that was coming to an end relatively