I decided to read All Quiet on the Western Front. This war novel was written by Erich Maria Remarque and translated from German to English by A. W. Wheen.
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I decided to read All Quiet on the Western Front. This war novel was written by Erich Maria Remarque and translated from German to English by A. W. Wheen. The book appears to be staged in France on the Western Front during World War I in 1918. WWI was caused by the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, who was the heir to the Austrian throne. The assassination took place in Sarajevo on June 28, 1914. The assassination, among many other reasons, caused the World to fight in an all out bloody war. Moreover, this war caused millions of people to meet their destiny with death. The book jumped around from scene to scene; however, I can only imagine that the narrator, Paul Baumer is speaking as things happen and as things happen it causes him to reminisce. This book was about a group of friends that joined the German Army...


