All quiet on the western front

All Quiet on the Western Front Erich Mariaremarque The setting of this novel takes place in Germany during World War I. the war is being fought at the fronts- which is almost every side of Germany where other countries lie. For the most part, Paul Baumer stays on the western front, (north west of Belgium), during the three years when the novel takes place. The setting is very important because it shows the darkest part …

…you feel one of those words. I believe the theme to this book is that war sucks. Even if you were a soldier and managed to survive, in some way, shape, or form you were destroyed by it. The significance of the title is the time that Paul Baumer, a child of war, was killed. He died on one of the quietest days on the western front. A couple of weeks before the war ended.