All Quiet On The Western Front Film Analysis

There is always an impact resulting from a significant cause. World War I created a lasting effect on the people of the multiple nations involved. The film, “All Quiet on the Western Front,” gave the perspective of the Germans during this conflict, showing the horrifying outcomes that the people of even Germany had received. The movie showed the humanity of the citizens of Germany and the cold ways of war. Though all were unfavorably influenced, World War I negatively impacted the lives of the soldiers, women, and men at home diversely.

The main character, Paul Bäumer, was a soldier for Germany who witnessed the terrors of war first hand on the battlefield. This boy watched as his friends, his war-caused family, was picked off. This boy viewed the terror of other soldiers, and the changing of normality for the experienced soldiers. He was given guilt, self-loathe, and misery due to the conflict, and had his innocence taken in return. The war took a young boy full of joy, gave him a gun, and stole his life of joy from right under him.From his perspective, the inhumanity of it all, the torture of the world war, could be seen.

Kantorek, the schoolmaster of Paul’s high school, demonstrated the perspective of the higher men, who were never forced to fight for their country. He pressured young men to go off to war. He droned on and on about their “Patriotic Duty,” to enlist in the army. Kantorek’s perspective of the war was glorious and had a “larger than life,” idealism. He did not view it as a slaughter for young men, but as a privilege and honor to