“They were young and began to love life; and they had to shoot it to pieces” (Remarque 87-88).

All Quiet on the Western Front is told by Paul Baumer, a young man who joins the German army during W.W.I. along with his classmates when they were urged by their teacher named Kantorek and his patriotic speeches. Paul and his classmates Leer, Behm, Kemmerich, Muller, and Kropp all join the army thinking it is about being a hero. They soon come to find out the brutality of war and how it can change a man. They go through a lot together and witness many deaths during the war. The book begins while the men are in a resting period getting food which was scarce. Paul along with his friends go and visit a friend and former classmate who had to get his leg amputated. The boys have a strict and power-hungry corporal named Himmelstoss which made their time worse there. All Quiet on the Western Front is one of my favorite war novels and I would for sure recommend it.