Beth Turcotte January 19, 2000 “ I am young, I am twenty years old; yet I know nothing of life but despair, death, fear, and fatuous superficiality cast over an abyss of sorrow…” All Quiet on the Western Front, written by Erich Maria Remarque, is a vividly horrific verification of what went on at the front of World War I. It goes deep into the souls of the men that were sent out to ‘heroically’ fight for their …showed first 75 words of 649 total…

…showed last 75 words of 649 total…worse. He becomes so withdrawn from the world around him. Everything has been taken from him and he feels that he has nothing else left. Death has ruled his life for so long now and he doesn’t know of anything else. World War I tore apart not only the life of Paul Baumer, but of hundreds of thousands of men just like him. Bibliography all quiet on the western front by: erich maria remarque