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The novel, All Quiet on the Western Front, by Erich Maria Remarque has many different themes represented through out it. The main theme that is shown throughout the book is the “Lost Generation� theme. In the foreword, Remarque states, “This book is to be neither an accusation nor a confession… It will try simply to tell of a generation of men who, even though they may have escaped shells, were destroyed by the war.� This book focuses on the Lost Generation of the German Army of World War I.
The “Lost Generation� may seem like a general age group, the group of men who fought in the war. In reality, it is more than just that. It is young men in their late teens, early twenties, who haven’t had a chance to start a life. It is also men who have had a chance to start a life, and have to leave it all behind. “The war swept us away… We, however, have been gripped by it and do not know what the end may be… We are not often sad.� (Remarque 20) This shows how the......

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