A Comparison of All Quiet on the Western Front and A Farewell to Arms A hand grenade hit me. One of those potato mashers that just blew the whole side of my foot off (Hemingway 122). More often than not, war is bloody and lethal. The poem "No Man's Land" gives one author's portrayal of the carnage after a battle. The poem also talks about how great a role fate plays in rather or not you …showed first 75 words of 797 total…

…showed last 75 words of 797 total…and Catherine was there so Henry's stay at the hospital was bearable (Hemingway 101). Reading A Farewell to Arms and viewing All Quiet on the Western Front was enlightening. They showed the many components of war and the environments on which they were fought. They also illustrated how war can and will change a man. "Oh we are sick to find that they who started/ With glamour in their eyes came not again." (A. Victor Ratcliffe)