All Quiet On The Western Front: An Analysis

The novel, “All Quiet on the Western Front” is seen as an anti-war novel that shows war being devastating to our countries and more debilitating to our soldiers. The novel shows German soldiers being disturbed mentally, physically and socially for the rest of their lives. War can also cause the soldier to show detachment from civilian life. When one is put into a violent environment, it can directly/indirectly affect one's physical and mental composure. When one is put into a brutal environment, it can be hard to keep mental and physical stability. In the novel, “All Quiet on the Western Front” we read about various soldiers who struggle through the privation of the war and its consequences. The weapons that were used against the soldiers in the war were meant to harm them. These things include machine guns, poison gas and tanks. Paul says “My thoughts become confused. This atmosphere of carbolic and gangrene clogs the lungs, it is a thick gruel, it suffocates”(2.37). When one experiences the act of war it could be hard for that soldier not to be desensitize from the real world. Most soldier comes home and suffers from post- traumatic stress. When
When one is in a harmful environment, holding onto things such as memories of home can interfere with preserving one's life. War can have long-term effects on one's physical and psychological well-being. When one returns from war one is not seen as the same because of the effects that the war had on the individual. Some soldiers suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) which is a mental health condition that’s triggered by a horrific event that happened in their life or war. Some soldiers will have flashbacks, nightmares and severe anxiety. This will make it hard for the soldiers to cope in the society which sometime could lead to suicide, when the soldiers don’t receive