All Quiet on the Western Front Study Guide

This novel takes the reader on a grueling tour of the everyday trials of a World War I German Soldier. Paul Baumer suffers through many hardships, loses many comrades, and, in the end, fails to remember how to be a civilian. The reader sees how the war changes every aspect of life, especially for those on the front lines. Baumer and many of his comrades grow from idealistic young men to hardened and hopeless adults. (read more)