All Quiet On The Western Front Prologue 'It will try simply to tell of a generation of men who, even though they may have escaped it shells were destroyed by war.' Is this the sole experience of the reader of the book? Is there more to this book than merely a tragic story. All Quiet on the Western Front is the story of a man's growth from childhood to manhood accelerated by the war. …showed first 75 words of 1030 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1030 total…we can learn from and hopefully use it to grow into a more desirable human being. So yes, this is more than just a tragic story it is a story of human nature adapting, growing and learning from a situation ironically bought on by humans. It is the portrayal of human spirit brought to its lowest ebb, crushed and scarred but then like phoenix raising from the ashes it goes on to live another day.