All Quiet on the Western Front

In the book All Quiet on the Western Front, Erich Maria Remarque jumps with each chapter from thought to reality. This enhances the story because it helps highlight important points. While on the front the soldiers including Paul, the main character, and his schoolmates and comrades start to have a bitter pessimistic view towards war and life. They talk about why the war started and who started it and most of all why doesn't it just end already? Remarque also talks a lot about the generations. He notes that the generation before him has a wife and kids that they can go home to and continue their lives. While the generation behind him and his comrades doesn't know what it's like. They never had to go war. The middle generation though only knows war. They went right from school to war where most of them died or were severely injured. The authors hints that the ones that were lucky enough to survive until peace time will have hard times adjusting. Remarque's imagery in his writing paints horrific pictures, yet in a way that brings the reader into his mind to show exactly what he means.