All Quiet on the Western Front

ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT

THEME

A main theme in All Quiet on the Western Front is the brutality of war. This movie shows a vivid, realistic, and horrible portrait of war. The movie showed many weapons such as bombs, machine guns, and tanks; all of which made killing easier. Another main theme seen throughout All Quiet on the Western Front is the way the soldiers metaphorically change from humans into animals.

War is ultimately fought by human soldiers, and this movie is set where they fight. One of the other main themes in the movie is how war completely ruins soldiers. Physically, they are in constant danger of being shot and bombed. The never-ending attacks and counter-attacks destroy their nerves. They live in unending fear. And their living conditions are terrible; they inhabit muddy earthen dug-outs infested with rats, alongside rotting corpses, having no food or water for days on end. They are forced to deal with the emotional shock of