Summary Of All Quiet On The Western Front

In the novel All Quiet on the Western Front, the author utilizes imagery to describe many of the horrors that the soldiers are accustom to on a daily basis. Many of these horrors described lingered in my mind for some time after reading. I focused on the description made by Paul after an artillery bombardment. In this description, Paul sees his fellow comrades in serve pain, soldiers are holding their intestines in their hands, soldiers have their legs taken, and soldier hands are still hanging on to barbed wire with no body in sight. This is pure brutality. There is death everywhere, it is clear to me that Paul will never forget the true destruction of what war brings. The last scene that really stuck with me is when Paul stabs Cierard Duval.