All Quiet on the Western Front Reflection- Abbey Crump

    All Quiet on the Western Front interested me mainly because of its point of view. It shows us a side of the war that most people do not see. The young group of boys were at first expecting an adventure, but then they realize war isn't all it cracked up to be. The hardships of war changed the young men into cautious soldiers. All Quiet on the Western Front is well told and forces people to think deeply about war and all of its consequences. The scene where he had stabbed the French soldier really touched me. Although he stabbed him without even contemplating it, he was hesitant to kill him. Then his conscience tore at him and he tried to help the soldier, and when he couldn't, he offered to write to his family. This scene shows how he had been changed into a killing monster by the war, but then he realized what he was doing and the lack of humanity in it. War only brings unnecessary death to innocent people.