Storm of Steel vs All Quiet on the Westen Front - 1023 Words

The Different Memoirs of WWI World War I was an extremely violent and traumatic time for soldiers on the fronts of the war, but even though it was a dramatic time for these men the memoirs from the war was varied on the western front within the German ranks. Two well known books written by the German men were Storm of Steel, written by Ernest Junger, and All Quiet on the Western Front, written by Erich Maria Remarsque which were written on the same frontier, yet were different on many basic levels. In Storm of Steel, Junger explains the war through his own personal journal that he had written while in the war and though very patriotic and nationalistic the events in the book were as they hapepned in history to the last detail that†¦show more content†¦Junger though just uses the dreads of the battle to glorify the truth. Baumer feels remorse for killing the French soldier, but Junger just reloaded. Even though these men had very opposing opinions on the subject, they did have similarities such as the me re fact they were both German soldiers. This issue is bigger than portrayed because in reality it is hard for someone from the enemy or Allied force to truly understand the German perspective and how even though there were different fronts to the war, it was distraught within the ranks throughout the entire war no matter what side of the battle you were on. Both men describe the atrocities in front of them as they happen and allow for detail to catch the heart of the audience to suffer with the soldiers. Even though these books had their significant similarities and the fact that they were on the same war, the authors had very different purposes for writing their version of the story. Each author having such strong opinions of the war contrasted the other extremely well giving the readers feelings of either patriotism or distaste towards Germany and the Great War. The books had equally strong points to them with Storm of Steel being a strongly worded and factual storyline, packed wi th action, with a patriotic twist to the straightforward novel and All Quiet on the Western Front being the narrative of a patriotic young man