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littlemanpoet · 03-04-2006, 05:00 PM

All Quite on the Western Front? I'll have to check that one out. Seems like it might be a rip-off of All Quiet on the Western Front, don't you think?

"Ja, Helmut, ve're on die Vestern Front hier."

"Quite, Heinz. Pass the ketchup."

But seriously folks.....

1. race and prejudice and coming of age
2. bedrock of western civilization
3. a revival of Germanic roots, as well as a good ripping yarn
4. a cautionary tale about power (which one could say about the 3 above it)
5. community versus isolation
6. gender relations in western society? (saw the film but never read the book)
7. class consciousness and breaking free of same
8. Quite. horrors of war. quite.
9. fodder for discussion of atheism versus theism? why the church is evil? :shrug:

I tried to be serious, honest. Each minor point above could be extended, of course, into its own treatise. Just my attempt at exposing what "they tell us".

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03-04-2006, 05:00 PM	#6
littlemanpoet Itinerant Songster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Edge of Faerie Posts: 7,066	All Quite on the Western Front? I'll have to check that one out. Seems like it might be a rip-off of All Quiet on the Western Front, don't you think? "Ja, Helmut, ve're on die Vestern Front hier." "Quite, Heinz. Pass the ketchup." But seriously folks..... 1. race and prejudice and coming of age 2. bedrock of western civilization 3. a revival of Germanic roots, as well as a good ripping yarn 4. a cautionary tale about power (which one could say about the 3 above it) 5. community versus isolation 6. gender relations in western society? (saw the film but never read the book) 7. class consciousness and breaking free of same 8. Quite. horrors of war. quite. 9. fodder for discussion of atheism versus theism? why the church is evil? :shrug: I tried to be serious, honest. Each minor point above could be extended, of course, into its own treatise. Just my attempt at exposing what "they tell us".