English 2 Betrayal of The Youth and The Extinction of a Generation All Quiet on The Western Front is an autobiographical novel written by German WWI veteran Erich Maria Remarque and was published in 1928. What makes this novel so unique and enticing is Remarque’s personal insight on the war which comes from his experiences in WWI. Remarque wrote All Quiet on the Western Front in order to overcome his own traumas that had set in after the war. Remarque was a militant pacifist after his time serving
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once said‚ “All wars are civil wars because all men are brothers” (BrainyQuotes). Every man no matter what country he is from is interrelated. Whether someone is Christian or Catholic‚ they both believe in God; whether an American is Democratic or Republic they both agree on a democracy‚ and whether someone is Chinese or German‚ both are human beings. Throughout war every army man faces the horrors of watching their comrade’s die and the act of firing on a fellow human being. In All Quiet on the Western
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simple brainwashing statements that are frequently told to generations of young men in hopes of convincing them to travel down the unfortunate path of war with false assumptions. With similar views‚ Erich Maria Remarque published the novel All Quiet on the Western Front after WWI through the perspective of Paul Baümer‚ a German soldier who experiences the true reality of war. Although war is often glorified and patriotic soldiers are fueled by their strong sense nationalism‚ in reality true horrors and
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Book review on All Quiet on the Western Front All Quiet on the Western Front‚ a war novel‚ is a fictional novel by Erich Maria Remarque‚ a German veteran of World War I. The book was wrote in 1929 and has had two movies based on the book. Erich Maria Remarque was conscripted at the age of 18‚ and on the 12th June 1917 he was transferred to the Western Front. This may have provided Erich Maria Remarque with the idea that was behind All Quiet on the Western Front. I think it was a book written to
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All Quiet on the Western Front Paul Baumer leaves for the western front a young boy‚ but as All Quiet on the Western Front goes on‚ Paul becomes more of a soulless soldier. Multiple events while fighting for Germany caused Paul to become this way. He began pushing away his family‚ friends‚ everyone‚ everything. This was a technique he used to survive. He cut off all emotions to become the best possible soldier he could be. When Paul and his friends signed up to go overseas‚ and fight for Germany
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“This book is to be neither an accusation nor a confession‚ and least of all an adventure‚ for death is not an adventure to those who stand face to face with it. It will try simply to tell of a generation of men who‚ even though they may have escaped shells‚ were destroyed by the war.” ~~epigraph The epigraph opens the book’s exploration of the effect of the war on those who fought in it. All Quiet on the Western Front takes a big critical opinion against the war and against nationalist and
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What Has War Made Me? War can do many horrible things to its soldiers‚ but it can also save them from themselves. All Quiet on the Western Front written by Erich Maria Remarque is a testament of Paul Bäumer. He and seven classmates enlist in World War I. They experience and witness unspeakable violence becoming soldiers. More violence than anyone should ever see. It corrupts most of the soldier’s minds because of the trauma that they have faced. Although war dehumanized many of the young men
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Erich Maria Remarque was conscripted into the German Army when he was 18. In mid-June of 1917 he was transferred to the Western Front‚ 2nd Company‚ Reserves‚ Field Depot of the 2nd Guards Reserve Division. In late July of the same year‚ Remarque was wounded by shrapnel in the left leg‚ right arm‚ and neck. He then spent the remainder of the war in an Army hospital in Germany. It is important to note these experiences‚ because as an author‚ this time in combat gave Remarque an unprecedented level
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My knowledge of World War One was solely built on the works of European writers‚ which I had a chance to read in high school and university. The books such as All Quiet on the Western Front by German writer Erich Maria Remarque‚ Death of a Hero by English poet Richard Aldington‚ Doctor Zhivago by Russian novelist Boris Pasternak and The Good Soldier Švejk by Czech satirist Jaroslav Hašek shaped my view on the subject‚ giving me a chance to see the history from many different perspectives. However
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come‚ they can take nothing from me‚ they can take nothing anymore. I am so alone and so without hope that I can confront them without fear" (Chapter 12). These final‚ melancholy thoughts occur just before his young and untimely death. In All Quiet on the Western Front‚ Erich Maria Remarque creates Paul Bäumer to represent a whole generation of men who are known to history as the "lost generation." Eight million men died in battle‚ twenty-one million were injured‚ and over six and a half million noncombatants
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