"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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rang at 3:00 I rushed out of my art class‚ grabbed my backpack and hurriedly made my way out of the school. I decided not to take the bus and just walk to the alley instead. My parents were at work anyway and my older brother was at a friend’s house so nobody would know if I was at home or not. I had only been walking a few blocks when I got an eerie feeling that someone was following me. I stole a quick glance behind me and saw an old man dressed in all black. The man was probably about 70 years
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In a time period filled with war and conflict‚ the novel All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque is a difficult read due to the heavy topic it pertains to. The story begins with Paul Bӓumer and his friends from school joining the army. They joined because they thought war would be honorable thanks to Kantorek‚ their teacher. After their ten weeks of training and their first two weeks of being on the front lines‚ only eighty of the one hundred fifty men return. Paul’s friend‚ Franz
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Dehumanization in Erich Maria Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front Winston Churchill always said‚ “You ask: what is our aim? I can answer in one word: It is victory‚ victory at all costs‚ victory in spite of all terror‚ victory‚ no matter how long and hard the world may be; for without victory‚ there is no survival.” In Erich Maria Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front‚ victory is seen as the only option. The soldiers in the novel do whatever it takes like acting before thinking or ignoring
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Why the First World War lasted so long The First World War (1914-1918) was a war that lasted substantially longer than anyone anticipated. This was largely due to the technological developments created by the industrial revolution coupled with the sheer scale of the conflict and the huge amount of resources that the two armed sides were willing to commit. The war lasted as long as it did because of the new style of warfare employed and the fact that military leaders of the time were slow to realise
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for its bloodshed. “All Quiet on the Western Front‚” explains how the war changes people in their mental‚ emotional‚ and physical state featuring Paul‚ a young soldier. The book emphasizes heroism over glory‚ and how winning was a spirit booster. Although this is true‚ there were some un-favourited effects of the battles. Bullets and bombs weren’t the only ways that had killed many of the men Combat is a common factor in suicides. Only two months after the war did suicides become an issue to the point
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------------------------------------------------- All Quiet on the Western Front Essay The novel All Quiet on the Western Front‚ written by Erich Maria Remarque (1898-1970) in Switzerland‚ tells the story of 6 German soldiers who volunteered to fight in the first World War‚ and it describes their demise intellectually‚ spiritually‚ and physically. All Quiet on the Western Front displays all of the anguish one would expect in any war novel‚ but it also exposes the horrors of a new kind of war
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Thomas Avery (Martin Sheen) is an American ophthalmologist who goes to France following the death of his adult son‚ Daniel (Emilio Estevez)‚ killed in the Pyrenees during a storm while walking the Camino de Santiago (the Way of St. James)‚ a Catholic pilgrimage route to the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in Galicia‚ Spain. Tom’s purpose is initially to retrieve his son’s body. However‚ in a combination of grief and homage to his son‚ Tom decides to walk the ancient spiritual trail where his
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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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Why did war break out in 1914? The First World War transpired to turn into the bloodiest battle ever fought barring the Second World War. However‚ WW1 was the war that shock the world; the first war that encompassed every continent in one-way or another. The annihilation that lay residue in the years after was unheard of. Tens of millions of people died. The Great War spanned four years and involved many nation states. 1914 proved to be the beginning of the most revolutionary five years in recent
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