All Quiet on the Western Front
How is the ending of the book in relation to its title: All Quiet on the Western Front, ironic? Explain.
all quiet on the western front
all quiet on the western front
Paul is shot and killed just as the war is about to end. In third-person narration, we learn that Paul died in October, 1918, on a day otherwise so calm that the army report merely stated "All quite on the Western Front." Paul's face seemed calm, "as though almost glad the end had come."