My 5 Talking Points on "All Quiet on the Western Front"

• A key theme in the novel is isolation.
• Through Paul Bäumer's character, the novel shows the perspective of how young boys personalities and characters where changed and negatively affected by war.
• A novel that demonstrates the "Lost Generation."
• The novel has a melancholy plot and fate, the movie follows the book's plot and chapters very well. 
• There are parts in the novel that illustrate how the young boys have lost parts of their youth by being in the war. For example, the chapter where they meet the French girls. These young men haven't gotten the chance to experience dating and the thrill of being with a girl.