Whenever one reads or hears about World War I or World War II, you hear about the
             struggles of the British, Americans. And they always speak of the evil and menacing German
             army. However, All Quiet on the Western Front gives the reader some insight and a look at a
             group of young German friends who are fighting in World War I. It simply tells of a generation of
             men who even though they may have escaped its shells, were destroyed by the war. The soldiers
             of this war felt they were neither heroes nor did they know what they were fighting for. These
             soldiers were pulled from the innocence of their childhood, and thrown into a world of rage. Yet
             some how they still managed to have heart and faith in man kind and could not look the opponent
             in the eye and kill him. The comrades were taught to fight. They were taught to kill the British
             and their allies. The comrades had no personal reason to fight with the other, except that it was an
             order and must be done. They were not fighting because they held a strong passion for their
             country, or felt deeply for the cause of the war. Albert simply states, "...almost all of us are simple
             folk. And in France, too, the majority of men are laborers, workmen, or poor clerks. Now just
             why would a French blacksmith or a French shoemaker want to attack us? No, its merely the
             rulers. I had never seen a Frenchman before I came here, and it will be just the same with the
             majority of Frenchmen as regards us. They weren't asked about it any more then we were."
             These soldiers lacked passion for the war. They didn't feel heroic because they did not hate
             the French nor the British. Therefore they lacked will to fight the war and did not fit the title of
             hero, they clung on to their life at all times. These soldiers went to extremes to save themselves
             Not only soldiers but officers of the army had come under the great influence of fear. If
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