I have a copy of "All Quiet on the Western Front" published in the 1980s, but I haven't read it carefully. It's all about war. In "Exile Song", the male protagonist Cohen is a Jew. Because of his lifeline that cannot be changed, in order to survive in the war of World War II, he was exiled in various countries. Of course, bitterness and suffering are not to be mentioned. "Exile Song" uses a This indirect, side-by-side approach expresses the cruel side of war. Cohen does not have to face the weapons on the battlefield. On the contrary, he has to carry this rootless life and go into exile everywhere. "All Quiet on the Western Front" is different. Candidly describes the protagonists' fear of war, eating pig-like food, sleeping in the trenches that are in danger at any time, and the physical depression when there is no woman. They repeat these boring lives every day, just for the sake of One reason to live. Like the male protagonist Paul, a 16- or 7-year-old warm-blooded young man, when his mind is not fully developed, is most vulnerable to two kinds of psychological cues, which are nothing more than teachers and parents. Teachers cry out their ambitions in the classroom every day, and sacrifice their lives for the country, but the teachers have never participated in the war, and do not understand the fear and cruelty of war at all. They only have a mechanical sense of mission. This motivation leads them to idealize everything, these " When "patriotism" constantly fills the brains of these teenagers, they also lose the simplest judgment of life and death and are willing to become cannon fodder. But after I actually went to the battlefield, I found out that it was not so easy. The details of any one of the wars could make them tremble. Friends were killed and wounded one after another. Everyone became vulnerable. Once reshaped the trauma and began to doubt the meaning of war. Fortunately, there is also a warm person in this film, that is Kajinsky. He is like a brother in the film, and he is the most kind voice in this film. He teaches these new soldiers how to avoid shells, find food, and how to a law of survival. Paul said that in the future he was going to have a drink with old Kazinsky. I originally thought that this wish would happen. After the war, they would get together and drink and drink around the round table. By the way, they joked about the interesting things in the war. These scenes are in my mind. I always hope that the good people in the movie are all long-lived, but the old Kazinsky died like this, it is too absurd and natural, he was not killed by the enemy in the war, but I was killed in a strafing due to an accidental leg injury. There is no sign of it. This probabilistic death really makes me feel very sorry. Anyone familiar with history should know that the First World War was divided into three fronts at that time: the Western Front, the Eastern Front and the Southern Front. The Western Front was the most important battlefield at that time, and it was also the most tragic. After a long time, everyone will begin to doubt the meaning of war and yearn for peace. I think this is also one of the meanings of Remark's writing this novel, but this book brought him disaster and the loss of cultural attributes. In the face of threats, he had to go into exile, trying to play an outsider. Literati and politicians have always been in a state of confrontation throughout history, and politicians themselves have an advantage, that is, power, which is unquestionable, and uses power to suppress factors that are unfavorable to it. Including the screening of "All Quiet on the Western Front" in Berlin in 1930, the Nazis at that time first destroyed the theater, and then Hitler demanded that the film be banned. It started in 1931 and lasted for fifteen years until the end of World War II. Later, the film was "thawed" and won the third Oscar for Best Picture. It can be seen that the suppression of people by the war at that time caused many people to lose the initiative. There is a famous anti-war slogan in the United States: "make love, no war!" But there are two scenes in this movie that remind me of this slogan. One is when Paul and the others were drinking in a pub when they saw a poster with A man and a girl, these German soldiers had not touched a girl for too long, and they had a physiological reaction when they saw the poster and imagined it. The other was when Paul and the others were swimming in the river at the junction of Germany and France, and they saw three French girls on the other side of the river. They were excited and flirting, even if they didn't understand the language. But unfortunately, they were guarded during the day, and they couldn't cross the border. Paul and the others could only wait until night to sneak into the girls' homes, using food as bait, just to sleep with them. This kind of behavior is extremely absurd to us now, but in that special period, it was the most realistic portrayal of the soldiers' survival. There is peace before the war and peace after the war, so what is the point of those who died in the war, whether they were cowards or heroes? Become a rhetoric in our mouths? And then leave them behind after dinner? I don't know, I only know that no one likes war. It is an extreme sword that exposes the most savage side of people. People still yearn for beautiful things, just like the butterfly that Paul caught in the trenches. And "All Quiet on the Western Front" is just like that. There is a natural responsibility. Behind the war, there is actually a wireless yearning for peace. And picked up the third Oscar for Best Picture. It can be seen that the suppression of people by the war at that time caused many people to lose the initiative. There is a famous anti-war slogan in the United States: "make love, no war!" But there are two scenes in this movie that remind me of this slogan. One is when Paul and the others were drinking in a pub when they saw a poster with A man and a girl, these German soldiers had not touched a girl for too long, and they had a physiological reaction when they saw the poster and imagined it. The other was when Paul and the others were swimming in the river at the junction of Germany and France, and they saw three French girls on the other side of the river. They were excited and flirting, even if they didn't understand the language. But unfortunately, they were guarded during the day, and they couldn't cross the border. Paul and the others could only wait until night to sneak into the girls' homes, using food as bait, just to sleep with them. This kind of behavior is extremely absurd to us now, but in that special period, it was the most realistic portrayal of the soldiers' survival. There is peace before the war and peace after the war, so what is the point of those who died in the war, whether they were cowards or heroes? Become a rhetoric in our mouths? And then leave them behind after dinner? I don't know, I only know that no one likes war. It is an extreme sword that exposes the most savage side of people. People still yearn for beautiful things, just like the butterfly that Paul caught in the trenches. And "All Quiet on the Western Front" is just like that. There is a natural responsibility. Behind the war, there is actually a wireless yearning for peace.
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