the end
"I am young, I am twenty years old; yet I know nothing of life but despair, death, fear, and fatuous superficiality cast over an abyss of sorrow. I see how peoples are set against one another, and in silence, unknowingly, foolishly, obediently, innocently slay one another."
I just finished All Quiet on the Western Front this morning. I guess I can say that it should be read, probably multiple times by everyone, and that it has induced a need to live very purely and passionately and with much comradery for people around me. I forget that so many people have died without having a chance to live and I will never understand how much war will make someone lose everything and grow up so quickly. I wonder if bonds exist in my world that are as strong as those shared between men in the book. I have a lot of thoughts about All Quiet...It affected me much more than any book ive read in a long while and I am sad to say I dont have the right words to express the way I feel.
Just read the book.
I just finished All Quiet on the Western Front this morning. I guess I can say that it should be read, probably multiple times by everyone, and that it has induced a need to live very purely and passionately and with much comradery for people around me. I forget that so many people have died without having a chance to live and I will never understand how much war will make someone lose everything and grow up so quickly. I wonder if bonds exist in my world that are as strong as those shared between men in the book. I have a lot of thoughts about All Quiet...It affected me much more than any book ive read in a long while and I am sad to say I dont have the right words to express the way I feel.
Just read the book.