All Quiet On The Western Front: Tragedy Of War

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This idea of betrayal is paramount in the loss of war. Even though they may be able to go home after the war is over, they will constantly have to fight themselves. Another force that led to the loss of innocence at the front was the things that the boys were learning. They refer to themselves as “stone aged veterans” even though they are only twenty. The young men learn things such as how to properly stab a man and that a shovel is much more effective weapon than a bayonet because it does not get stuck. The effects that these experiences have on a young mind are terrible. Once these boys started thinking of themselves as “stone aged veterans”, that is what they became. They grew farther and farther apart from the life that they once knew.
The life that the soldiers once had at home was probably a good one. When many returned home they had trouble relating to what was going on because they had lost that connection with their family. When Paul returned home, he experienced ...

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