all quiet on the western front "war is hell"

In All Quiet on the Western Front, Remarque depicted war as being horrific and terrible unlike other war novels of that time. Remarque showed that war is hell through the "lost generation". On both the German side and French side, the "lost generation" fought for a lost cause. They fought for a war that they did not even start. Since both the sides were in a stalemate, the war was pointless. Each side fought the …

…many other generations have known. They did not know the pleasures of growing up, love, or raising a family. They only knew the horrors of the war. When All Quiet on the Western Front was written, many novels glorified war. Remarque chose not to glorify the war. He chose to tell his readers that the war was horrific and gruesome. He showed the truth by telling his story from a person from the "lost generation".