All Quiet On The Western Front

This is a book of fiction. But it is not another fantasy book. This book is based in world war 1. The author is Erich Maria Remarque. I did read this book in school in a grade 12 english class. My english teacher that year I must say was the best they come. One thing she mentioned to us was that appaerently this book was one of the books on hitlers blacklist of books. (Books that were basically illegal)

This book was written in 1926. This book was translated from german im assuming. The person who did that translation did a great job in keeping an intriging mood to the book. This book does make you think about war and tells you about some of the unknowns, some of the things you would never know.

There are a few main characters in the book but the one that we see everything through is a young man named paul baumer. Him and a bunch of kids from a class in school got drafted to the same outfit and are now going through the war together. In their outfit they meet up with some others some there own age (around 18) some quite older. (There "leader" is in his 40s) We basically follow them through the war. We hear of there personal struggles and there is a bit of philosophy on war throughout the book . There are some amusing stories within the story and some very lighthearted moments. But for the most part it's showing how people, men,boys go through the war. I am having trouble trying to characterize this book because it is very difficult to explain. I think most people should take a look at this book. It really does have a good story to it.