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All Quiet on the Western Front, by Erich Maria Remarque, is movie that explores the true horrors of World War I through the eyes of a German solider. This story shows how World War I was not the glorifying war that some people envision it to be.Remarque uses the character of Paul to tell a realistic story of what the average WWI solider had to endure. This film raises the issue of how destructive …

…ends up part of the lost generation. He gives up his life in the war to join the millions before him. The reason he is almost glad to die is that all the pain and suffering is over and he is finally at piece. The main lost of World War I, as portrayed by Remarque, was that of an entire generation of young men who loss in the end regardless what side won the war.