"All Quiet On The Western Front: War and Authority Corruption" It is always easier to say how you would respond to war while looking upon it as an outsider who has seen little outside of movies and pictures. We tell ourselves "I could never imagine doing that"‚ or "How could any human be so corrupt?" That is what we say‚ but I wonder what those same men said just prior to their war time experience. Surely they would not follow the same path that so many before them had‚ choosing to
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Remarque in his novel “All Quiet on the Western Front” explores war itself as the enemy of German soldiers in World war 1. He achieves this by suggesting that W.W.1 created a lost generation and that this generation felt betrayed by their leaders. Remarque depicts the atrocities and inhumanities that war introduces soldiers to as well as the way it both facilitates and destroys camaraderie. Para 1. Remarque uses symbolism to explore how World War One created a lost generation of German youth. They
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In Erich Maria Remarque’s novel All Quiet on the Western Front the meaning of desensitization is manifested through the ability to have a tender heart is vilified. The brutally inhumane experiences the participants face demonstrate how war does not allow for and eminently discourages having a tender heart. The experience of war tends to strip a person of their humanity and natural human empathy and when the realization of such becomes palpable there is a desperate want or need to feel something
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The movie starts with a high schooler Paul Baumer with many of his other friends including Albert Krupp and Franz Kemmerich sitting in class with their teacher Kantorek talking with them about the superiority and glory of the “Fatherland” and indoctrinated them to enlist in the German army. The friends eventually enter training camp under their Corporal Himmelstoss; who tried to torture Paul every chance he got. After surviving training camp‚ the soldiers got to board a troop train the same time
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All Quiet on the Western Front vs. Postmodernism There are many novels that recollect various periods throughout the decades. The novel All Quiet on the Western Front is one of these. The Author Erich Maria Remarque uses a fictional character named Paul Baumer to install feeling‚ thoughts‚ and actions that the German soldiers went through during World War I specifically battling on the Western front. This novel gives a historical outlook on how the war affected these soldiers during and after the
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Setting (DESCRIBE the time period‚ geographical location‚ historical/social context) The setting in All Quiet on the Western Front takes place around the battlefield of the war‚ mainly the trenches. It was dark‚ morbid‚ chaotic and hopeless. Trench life was dreadful according to Paul. There was so much blood‚ mud and clamor from the blasts and bombs. The constant pounding of those bombs lasted for days‚ rumbling in those
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I believe that “Passchendaele” was a better film than “All Quiet on the Western Front.” I think this because‚ Passchendaele had a more enticing and more interesting story‚ Passchendaele was visually more appealing‚ and Passchendaele was told from the Canadian side. All these reasons are why I believe that “Passchendaele” was a better film. I think “Passchendaele” had a more interesting story because; the story flowed nicely and was easier to understand what was going on. The story was about a
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2014 All Quiet On The Western Front Erich Maria Remarque How do soldiers deal with relationships at home and while serving in a war? Paul was faced with many moral decisions brought on by the war. Paul and Kat struggled on what to do when they come up to the Fair Haired Recruit; latter Paul stuck with Kropp though his injuries to make sure he stayed safe. When Paul was on leave‚ he longed to be with back with his fellow soldiers‚ because being at home was complicated. In the book All Quiet on the
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The novel All Quiet on the Western Front was published in 1929. Many publishers doubted its success since it appeared to be exceedingly honest and was not typical for the then social ideology of glorification of defeated Germany in the First World War. Erich Maria Remarque‚ who went off to war as a volunteer in 1916‚ was not so much a creator of this literary breakthrough but a witness of merciless European battlefields. The author described the horrors of war honestly‚ simply‚ without unnecessary
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others. Knowledge can’t come from facts alone‚ as pieces of literature are meant to be interpreted in order to be smarter people. Foster’s statement of how literature should give us a deeper life meaning is true‚ with stories such as "All Quiet on the Western Front"‚ and Thoreau’s "Walden"‚ presenting life lessons and ideas from aspects encountered in our lives.
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