he brutality of the training camp for the necessary brutality of the trenches. The whole story is shaped about the souls of fighters and its sharply etched descriptions of edurance, suffering, and grim humor. Some critics say that Remarque over dramatized the horrors of war to sell his novel, but its the plain truth. The novels central theme is how it affects the men and their families; every one of the soldiers is damaged emotionally. Not only the soldiers but mothers and sisters are emotionally scarred also. War is frowned upon on a majority of the population as you can see in these two pieces of literature, but without World War I wouldnt have Erich Remarques incredible novel or Sassoons emotional poetry. There is a good and bad to everything.During the time of war, the whole world had to cope with the death of their loved ones and also had to fight in the gruesome trenches with no clue how long life would last. Everyone took the situation into their hands and dealt with it in many different ways whether it be inventing a new contraption to sell on a propaganda poster or expressing your thoughts, emotions, and experiences on paper. World War I was a time for learning many new thing but the single most important thing we ever learned is lack of compassion we have for one another and how brutal the human race can be....
