The main theme that a reader can derive is that even though life can be hard, we need hope for a better tomorrow.
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He changed his name to Erich Maria Remarque when he wrote his first major novel, All Quiet on the Western Front. Maria was the name of his late mother, and "Remarque" was the original spelling used by his French ancestors.
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