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All Quiet on the Western Front

Discussion in 'Books and Anime Discussion' started by Giovanni, Feb 10, 2006.

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  1. Giovanni

    Giovanni God of Scotch

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    Feb 10, 2006 #1
    I was just going through an old pile of my books and I came across All Quiet on the Western Front. I read it back when I was a freshman, and I really enjoyed it.

    I was wondering how many of you read it, and what your opinions on it were.
     
  2. Rahkesh Asmodaeus

    Rahkesh Asmodaeus THUNDAH Bawd Admin DLP Supporter

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    Feb 15, 2006 #2
    Never read it, but I watched the old movie version. I think that stayed extremely true to the book. That was a really good movie, I liked how they potrayed Paul coming back home and speaking to the kids in his school about war.
     
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    Feb 15, 2006 #3
    I read that book in freashmen year too...I just dont remember anything about it.
     
  4. Giovanni

    Giovanni God of Scotch

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    The film itself is remarkable given that it was about German Soldiers in WWI, but was well recieved in America. Of course then again in the 1920's the USA sympathized to a fair extent with Germany.

    My favorite part of the book is when *I forget which character* realizes the truth about his teacher... His blindly nationalistic, as long as he himself was not out on the front, teacher.
     
  5. Sirhin

    Sirhin First Year

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    Jul 23, 2006 #5
    -blush- Had it assigned for school for one of my social studies classes. Uh... I only read the first two pages and I stopped. The summary of it sounded interesting but I dunno. Even though I love reading, when something's assigned for school, it's an automatic turn-off. I ended up just skimming through the last couple of pages to know what ended up happening (and I did like the ending - well, the part that I looked over) and I took the test.

    -smiles- I got an A.

    Sometimes, I just love myself. :D

    Sirhin
     
  6. Feoffic

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    Jul 23, 2006 #6
    It is a great book, a real classic (not like that pieve of crap by Dumas, the Count of Monte Cristo).

    Trench warfare is positively Remarqable!
     
  7. madeyemoody

    madeyemoody High Inquisitor

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    Jul 23, 2006 #7
    Sirhin, the necro bumper Quit bringing up ancient shit
     
  8. Xantam

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    Jul 23, 2006 #8
    Jesus christ sirhin I hope you get neg repped to hell for all of your posts bumping 5 month old topics. I also enjoyed the book.