Week 6: All quiet on the western front

So, now that I've really started reading this book, I am in fact liking it. It's set during WW1, and it's interesting. A lot of it is introspection on the part of the main character about events that are going on. Like one of his group of good friends is dying, and another good friend, although he's mourning and doesn't want the friend to die or anything, still gets a bit focused on the dying friends VERY fine pair of boots (his suck). That would never be acceptable in the majority of society, but in war, it's just par for the course. "For the good of all of us (except the ones that are dead)," cakeisalie right?
He also criticizes how the army is in complete reliance of always having someone above who can boss you around and humiliate you if they so desire.

week 4: All quiet on the western front

Every once in a while, I'll go back and read an older book, not that I just happened to stumble accross at the library or that someone personally recommended to me, but one which I've heard mention of all over the place and seems to just one that people need to read at one point. A book not being read out of interest, but out of obligation (Albiet imagined). All Quiet on the Western Front is one of these books. If I had just picked it up in the library, I probably wouldn't have even finished reading the back cover. However, so far it IS looking like it'll be okay.