All Quiet on the Western Front

All Quiet on the Western Front is a war novel written by Erich Maria Remarque. Being a World War I veteran himself, Remarque was able to write the book from the soldier's point of view. In writing the novel from a first-hand perspective, Remarque was able to fully portray the emotional stress felt by a soldier. He was also able to establish a strong anti-war feeling, which is evident throughout the novel. In a small …

…the ways that effectively entrenches the anti-war feeling into the reader's mind. Another way Remarque depicts the senslessness of war is when a group of soldiers converse about the fact that there are a select few people, such as emperors and generals, that actually profit from war. The other point they made was that most people would not fight in the war, and that nobody would really benefit from the cruel deaths of young men.