The Horrors of War on the Front In “All Quiet on the Western Front” Erich Maria Remarque a German veteran describes the harsh events that happened in WWI. The main character Paul Baumer narrates his story of what happened on the Western Front. Paul and several friends decided to join the army right out of high school at the young age of 19. In the beginning‚ Paul and his comrades were excited to join the army because they had been given speeches about patriotism‚ in time they realized that war
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million copies and enjoying translation into 55 languages‚ Erich Maria Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front has been a very successful novel. Upon the book’s publication in 1929 the book was an instant success in the war boom era‚ and is considered by many to be the greatest war novel of all time. The main character‚ Paul‚ accompanied by fellow comrades‚ demonstrates the difficulties faced on the front line of World War I and the hardships of returning home to a broken country. The immense struggles
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incompetents who sent the ’lions’ of the Poor Bloody Infantry to their deaths in futile battles. Many popular books‚ films and television programmes echo this belief. The casualty list - one million British Empire dead - and the bloody stalemate of the Western Front seem to add credence to this version of events. But there is another interpretation. ...Haig’s army played the leading role in defeating the German forces in the crucial battles of 1918. One undeniable fact is that Britain and its allies‚ not
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In the novel‚ All Quiet on the Western Front‚ the author uses strong imagery and detailed descriptions to convey the horrors of the Great War and their detrimental effects on soldiers from all fronts. Images such as desperation‚ starvation‚ trauma‚ guilt‚ and camaraderie create a lasting impression on the reader as they are planted in the shoes of German soldiers‚ fighting and depending upon each other for survival. These themes were the unfortunate reality of life in the trenches‚ where rival sides
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two fronts; the Western Front and Eastern Front. The fronts were significantly different when it came to warfare‚ namely the tactics employed to deal with the French and British in the West‚ and the Russians in the East. What was supposed to be a quick victory became a complete failure in military movement and intelligence‚ and an underestimation of military mobilization. On the Western Front‚ Germans ran up against the British and French for over 400 miles. In comparison‚ the Eastern Front consisted
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All Quiet on the Western Front is by Erich Maria Remarque. This book was an extraordinary war story. Remarque uses excellent words and phrases to describe crucial details of the book. Remarque had first hand experience because he was a German in World War I. So he expresses his opinions through Paul the main character of the book. One of the strongest themes in this book is that war makes man inhuman. From the author’s point of view soldiers was often compared to various nonliving objects that
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on the Western Front a book about physical and mental battles fought along the trenches of WWI. The story revolves around the early nineteen hundreds a group of young German men who will all join the war after being urged by one of their high school teachers to pursue in being patriotic to their country. The story starts out with nineteen year old Paul Baumer and his young comrades he went to highschool with‚ they enjoy the leftover rations from fallen soldiers who have died on the front. One of
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November through December in 1928‚ Erich Maria Remarque published a novel in the German Newspaper. The novel was soon published a year later as a huge success in 1929 in book form. The novel was titled All Quiet on the Western Front. Remarque published this novel to show of a generation of men who‚ “even though they may have escaped its shells‚ were destroyed by the war." This novel discusses the struggles young men had to go through during the time of war. Although they were still very young
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on the Western Front In-Class Write A Training and Experience vs. Superstition‚ luck‚ chance‚ animal instinct SebastianApr.12/12During the summer of 1914‚ great nations from around the world found themselves with an opportunity to showcase their national pride and heroism through the global dilemma that was known as the Great War. Many of the top nations‚ such as Germany‚ did not care whether how many men it took as long as they won the war. As I read “All Quiet on the Western Front” I began
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Erich Maria Remarque ’s All Quiet on the Western Front is without a doubt one of the most real adaptations of World War I and the effects on its participants that has ever been written. With its simple‚ clear cut‚ and to the point style of writing‚ it is able to capture as close to the true experience of the war as possible. Because of this‚ readers do not have to search through pages of fancy wording and over the top descriptions to find the reality of what Remarque is saying. War is not something
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