Transformations through War The novel All Quiet on the Western Front depicts World War I, the most devastating war up until its time. The author Erich Maria Remarque gets across a few forceful themes. Perhaps the strongest theme is the transformations that war induces. All Quiet demonstrates through the character Paul, that going through war transforms many different things. It changes a society and individuals in many ways. War can have a temporary positive effect …showed first 75 words of 1121 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1121 total…be positive results but the negative ones over rule them by far. War is not worth any of the pain, anguish, and corruption that it causes. Using Paul as a vehicle Remarque illustrates this beautifully. He gets across his powerful theme that war transforms. It improves the way people think, transforms humans in to something more primitive then when they started, ruins soldiers’ chances of maintaining a decent life, and corrupts the way society functions.