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Dehumanization, comradely behavior under enormous pressure, spells of incredible dullness and terrible, faceless bombardments. An artificial numbness, a degeneration of humanity to survive the madness is rendered in a terrifying way
Let the months and year come, they can take nothing from me, they can take nothing more. I am so alone and so without hope I can confront them without fear.
A deeply humbling and powerful read, and a still incredible relevant call against the idiocy of war and the cost ...more
Let the months and year come, they can take nothing from me, they can take nothing more. I am so alone and so without hope I can confront them without fear.
A deeply humbling and powerful read, and a still incredible relevant call against the idiocy of war and the cost ...more
I don’t know how anyone could read this classic and still view war as a noble defense of homeland, or soldiers as heroic figures. This vivid account of a young soldier in the trenches of WWI powerfully conveys the brutal, capricious violence of war, the gratuitous cruelty of officers drunk on power, bodies and minds irreparably broken, the lives senselessly cut short, the absolute futility of it all. This confirmed my pacifist stance and my opinion that war is immoral.
Good read about the effects of WWI as told from the front lines of German soldiers in France. The main character, Paul Baumer, is a compassionate, intelligent fellow who narrates the bulk of the story. There's not much in here by way of context of the war, either politically or historically; however, it is a nice perspective of the men who fought in this first and very different type of war on a huge scale. I would recommend that readers obtain some understanding of how the war broke out prior t
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I have been wanting to read this book for so long,.
As I was reading it was hard to remember that it was a fiction book, as the scenarios and thoughts depicted bring the reader to vividly with the main character in the front trenches of the German army in WWI.
As I was reading it was hard to remember that it was a fiction book, as the scenarios and thoughts depicted bring the reader to vividly with the main character in the front trenches of the German army in WWI.
Feb 12, 2009
Meghan
marked it as to-read-q-z
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Susan
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Jennifer
marked it as to-read
