All Quiet on the Western Front and The red badge

All Quiet On The Western Front, by Erich Marie Remarque, is a powerful book which tells of the war experiences of Paul Baumer, a nineteen-year-old soldier fighting in the German army in World War I. Paul’s regiment, which includes many friends from his home town, undergoes grueling training, and then is moved up to the front line. Paul watches as the German army is defeated again and again, and his friends begin to die …

…endeavor.” Henry has been strengthened by his war experiences, and, unlike Paul, he has survived. Both All Quiet On The Western Front and The Red Badge Of Courage are powerful stories of war narrated in the first person by young idealistic soldiers. Each young man has gone to war for a different reason and with different expectations. Both find tremendous courage in battle, and both of their lives are forever changed by their war experiences.