Essay on All Quiet On The Western Front help: Write about the impact that novel had on you

Write about the impact that All Quiet on the Western had on you.  Provide any personal stories that relate to the novel.  Do you have family members who have gone to war or served in the military?  Did Paul become your friend as you read? This letter is a personal reaction to the reading addressed to Erich Remarque (I know he is dead!).  This reading experience may have been the first war novel you’ve read.  Did the book impact you? Are the images from the novel indelibly etched in your mind?  Which ones?  Will this novel stay in your mind beyond this class?  Why?  I encourage you to provide personal feelings and thoughts about reading this novel.