As Bertrand Russell once said: “War does not determine who is right, only who is on the left. » No one really gains a wart. The horrors of war are devastating; both mentally and physically. The horror is not only present during life on the front line, it persists in the guilt of the survivors. I believe that although the horror of war is represented by the soldiers, we too quickly forget the feelings of those at home, their friends and family, and the effects the war had on them. . The effects of war are prominent in the novels "Regeneration" and "All Quiet on the Western Front" and are also explored in depth in Wilfred Owen's "Selected War Poetry." Through these works, we discover that the war was inevitable for these men, that they had no choice, and that the +++++ events were also inevitable. We discover that men would rather die defending their country as heroes than live with flashbacks, guilt, scars both mental and physical. They would rather lose their lives than their limbs. I find that this work fully encompasses this issue, as it covers all angles. Pat Barker never really shows his opinion in the novel, it is more factual and because it is based on real events and real people, it is a reliable source of information on the horror of war and its effects, without bias. Erich Maria Note lived through the First World War and gives us an insight into what life on the front was really like. Although fictitious, I believe that his suffering would still have haunted him years later, forcing... middle of paper... to undulate, and he preferred to end his life rather than suffer. I believe that Remarque used this factual style to show his thoughts on suicide; It was clear and simple for Albert, he had no reason to live. I believe this is also a consequence of the things he witnessed: even though he is fitted with an artificial leg, he has lost the will to live. Just like many other soldiers we meet. While All Quiet on the Western Front uses the brutality and horror of war as its pinnacle, I believed it was important to consider the human cost of the tragedy rather than the mutilated dead. All Quiet on the Western Front is used to address the romanticization of the pre-1914 war, and although written several years after the event, it is considered one of the only true depictions of the horrific catastrophe. regeneration