All Quite On The Western Front Vs Vietnaum

WW1 Vs. Vietnam

The novel All Quite On The Western Front written by Author Remarque has it similarities to the movie based in Vietnam Platoon. One big similarity is the theme of what war can do to a man as well as comradeship. The biggest difference between the two are the time periods platoon is based in Vietnam during the Vietnam war in nineteen-sixty-eight and All Quite on the Western front is based in nineteen fourteen WW1 .

The theme of comradeship is very prevalent within both stories the men of both stories rely on the help and support of some of there comrades and this comradeship comes about from a very horrible situation this situation would be war. Through war friendships are forged because every soldier knows without friends a man is lost in war. Even Paul the main character in the book all quite on the western front knows this we see the theme of comradeship when Paul say’s “ the finest thing to arise out of the war is comradeship” (27). Also actor Charlie Sheen in the movie platoon realizes how important friendship is when he is told by his commanding officer a man without friends in the bush is already dead.

A theme that arises in both stories very often is the effect of war on a man and his life. Both WW1 and The Vietnam war were very brutal wars we had lost 100’s of thousands of men in both wars not only were the men effected but also the families like when Paul kills that French soldier by stabbing him and the goes through his wallet Paul then realizes he not just killing a man he is also killing a father and a son, brother, uncle and husband Paul then tells us of his new out look on war and how it has become very impersonal. This same thing happens in Platoon Charlie Sheen sees his comrades rapping a woman and then realizes that this is not a war is fought and that the Vietnam war is not even a war it is just a political

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