All Quiet on the Western Front is one of the best-written war novels. The author of the novel is Erich Maria Remarque, who was a WWI Germany veteran. The novel was first published in December 1928 in a German newspaper, and then in book form in late January 1929. The book was originally published on January 29th, 1929. Paul Baumer, the main character narrates the story of his journey of war until the last two chapters, when an unspecified narrator details Paul 's death. To give a brief overview of the book, it starts with Paul Baumer, the narrator who is nineteen at the time. The setting is dreary, dull, and obscure. Chapter one 's setting sets the scene for the war that is ahead. He and his company on resting five miles behind the front after fighting consecutively for the last two weeks. Leaving only eight to return of the one-hundred and fifty. After a night of rest, the men eat breakfast the following day but have a dispute with the cook. It wasn 't expected for there to be such a big loss from the battle, the cook made enough for the one-hundred and fifty comrades. The comrades wanted the fallen soldier 's rations that were left, but the cook refused to give it to them. Finally, the cook gave in and distributed the rations. The latrine 's in this book are a little different than you would expect. These …show more content…
In chapter three, it is unexpected for Paul and his partners to allude to themselves as "the stone-age veterans" when contrasting themselves with the newcomers on the grounds that they are just around a year more established than the newcomers. All through this section, Kat and Kropp discuss their reasoning on war. Kropp 's theory on war is you ought to simply let the two pioneers battle it out, and after that have the capacity to permit the champ 's nation to take the triumph. This would make war more impartial on the grounds that the "right" individuals would be the ones doing the battling. Kropp trusts that a lot of force has been given to