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    In All Quiet on the Western Front‚ the soldiers depicted experience many hardships throughout their daily lives. Among these hardships is a lack of luxuries which are taken for granted by most‚ but feel necessary when they are no longer available. Particularly‚ the comfort that a woman provides‚ as described in the novel‚ is a very important aspect of life which has been deprived from the soldiers. Throughout the book‚ discussion about women amongst the men on the front line was a rarity. However

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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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    and mentally destroyed the lives of countless men that suffered the rest of their lives from traumatic events that stated place in WWI. Erich Remarque brilliantly brings the tragedy into focus for the new generations in his historical novel All Quiet 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

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    All Quiet on the Western Front Film Analysis The film All Quiet on the Western Front took us on an experience of many German teenagers on the adventure of fighting in the World War I. World War I was the tragic conflict that causes the rumbling of peace to joining the fight. Whether the crisis in Europe started the war or assassination of the great leaders were the significant part of the causes of the World War I. And the war causes heavy damage and heavy casualties during the battle. All Quiet

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    Will you please be quiet‚ please? Raymond Carver Chapter Summaries “Fat” A waitress serves a fat man and is moved by the experience. “Neighbors” A couple house-sitting for neighbors are gradually taking over their neighbors’ lives. They begin to enjoy the feeling of voyeurism and begin to hope: One says‚ “Maybe they won’t come back.” “The Idea” A couple spies on a man who spies on his own wife from his garden. “They’re Not your Husband” Details an out of work salesman´s response to the

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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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    All Quiet on the Western Front In All is Quiet in the Western Front‚ Paul Bäumer is the main character: with this‚ the audience follows Bäumer with his story inside and outside of war. It is through Bäumer’s point of view that the audience catches a glimpse of reality during World War I. During his service‚ the audience can see the transformation from a schoolboy to an emotionally and psychologically damaged man. (Cliffnotes) The audience learns the reality of World War I through the story of Bäumer:

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    1(a) Study Source A. What role did the Women’s Suffrage Movement play during the ‘Quiet Revolution’ in The Bahamas? (7) To get the full marks you must give four or more factors with good explanation and provide a logical conclusion. In other words you must give four or more facts/major points that explain the role the Women’s Suffrage Movement played in the ‘Quiet Revolution’ in The Bahamas. Write moncurda@yahoo.com‚ moncurda@gmail.com‚ and augustusmoncur@hotmail.com for help with these questions

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    All Quiet on the Western Front Vs. The Wars During World War I‚ many soldiers were impacted by the mental and physical effects that have changed their lives in positive‚ but mostly negative ways. There are two novels that talk about two men in World War I‚ however each tells a different story on their struggles on the battlefield. On one of the books‚ The Wars by Timothy Findley‚ focuses on the protagonist Robert Ross‚ a Canadian soldier that joined the war. Robert Ross mainly joined to war because

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    Would you go to war if it is going to injure you mentally‚ physically‚ and emotionally? In All Quiet On The Western Front‚ a soldier named Paul goes to war with his friends. They are really close but at the end of the war they don’t all come out of the are. All Quiet On The Western Front by Enrich Maria Remarque tells us how soldiers can be injured mentally‚ physically‚ and emotionally. The war can affect you mentally because it can change how you see the world. “Then at last i stand before the brown

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