Reflection

All Quiet on the Western Front
Enrich Maria Remarque

Overall I thought that this is a pretty good book. I was impressed the way the Remarque used the story of young soldiers in World War 1 to show the way wars dehumanize the people involved. In the text I was shocked and intrigued by all the war scenes. Remarque did a very good job making the battle field as graphic and realistic as possible. A few things that I thought the author could have done better were character analysis and character development. I though the book had a very good variation of characters but they were poorly developed. During the course of the read the text gets better. The beginning is a little slow but the battle and war scenes are very interesting. I personally enjoyed this book and was surprised. I though it was going to be boring war novel. I was wrong, it was interesting personal story. I would recommend this book to anyone, especially if you are fond of war stories.

"But so long as it is there it will seek its own way out, heedless of the will that is within me."