World War 1 was a terrible and deplorable part of history. More than 38 million military and regular citizen losses happened amid this war which kept going from july 28th 1914 to November 11 in 1918.…
The film “All Quiet on the Western Front” based on the novel written by Erich Maria Remarque, chronicles the horrors of World War I through the eyes of a German soldier named Paul Bäumer. Along with his friends, Paul enlists to join the army with the enthusiasm and honor to be able to serve their country. However, their eagerness to fight is lost as they witness the brutality of the war through deadly battles along the western front. Paul is driven to despair as he painfully watches the war kill his friends. However, he must continue to serve his country, and after interactions with the enemy, he sees they are not cruel and heartless people, but they are just like him, people who have families, hopes, dreams, and the will to live. Consequently,…
"Let the months and years 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" War is a political hotbed. Regardless of the warring nations’ reasons or the outcome, in the wake of the battle, the soldier, or country’s hero, actually becomes the victim. Youth is sacrificed, lives are lost, and the survivors are forever altered.…
The author uses ironic diction to present war as a calamitous machine that of which yields to no one. The first words that arise from the work to the reader is “Do not weep” (Crane 1st stanza), yet it does not comfort the audience. The title emphasizes that the poem is sarcastic and this makes the reader feel doubtful towards the greeting presented to them. In addition,…
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 allow war to consume them from the very destructive nature of its existence. In the novel "All Quiet On The Western Front" by Erich Remarque, the author conveys the message of how war can corrupt how people view, respect, and handle authority. Through his writing, he has helped to enlighten the world as to how exactly war can change our views on authority that we once stood firm on. No matter who you are, war can find a way to work into your character, at least in some slight way.…
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, they had the idea planted in their heads that their actions were actions of patriotism. They never stopped to think about the opposite side of the spectrum. Training gave the boys a chance to start to realize that enlisting in the war was no joke. The boys didn't fully understand how brutal and violent the war was until they were out, fighting in total war.…
Francois Fenelon 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 Front, Paul and his classmates experience exactly this. Paul went into war expecting a memorable experience but realized just the opposite was imminent. He was forced to murder fellow brothers, according to Fenelon. Paul and his comrades represent the Lost Generation after suffering physical, mentally, and emotionally in Erich Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front.…
First, Remarque states in his epigraph that, “this book is neither to be an accusation.” Paul Baumer and his comrades make more than one accusation about who started the war. One of Paul’s comrades, Albert Kropp, says,“‘It's queer, when one thinks about it,’ goes on Kropp, ‘we are here to protect our fatherland. And the French are over there to protect their fatherland. Now who's in the right?’" (Remarque 203). In this quote, Kropp says that soldiers in the war are merely fighting for their country, but that does not make them enemies. He means that if French and German soldiers met before the war, many of the soldiers could have become comrades. Another of Paul’s comrades, Kat, accuses the French and German rulers for starting the war. Kat says, “Now just why would a French blacksmith or a French shoemaker want to attack us? No it is merely the rulers” (205). This quote…
12. What different attitudes about war were held by the “poor and simple” and those who were “better off”?…
War is a hellish battleground where many lives are taken. In war there is constantly images and events that happen which can change a soldier’s life forever. In the book All Quiet on the Western Front Remarque uses the symbols of boots, butterflies and horses to advance the main theme in the novel, that war takes young men’s innocence away.…
War is an event that brings about destruction, no matter which side a person is on. Also, war causes change, whether its physically or mentally. Through the use of several literary devices and a realistic writing style, Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front and Wiesel's Night demonstrate that the horrible situations caused by war lead to the loss of humanity.…
Even though a book has far more space to talk about its thematic reason, there are many commonalities between books and poems. “All Quiet on the Western Front” was written by Erich Maria Remarque. The theme of the novel can be related to the theme of “Peace” by Rupert Brooke. The theme of both the novel and the book is “war destroys innocence”. The poem and the novel both display many examples of this. In “All Quiet on the Western Front” it explains how even though in war the soldiers may have survived the attacks, they were did not always survive the war itself. Also, soldiers in the war never had a chance to live their youth because they had to go to war. Just as they should be starting their lives, they were forced to drop everything at once and put their life on the line. In “Peace”, it reveals that the soldiers are not in the war for themselves, but for God and for their country. Since they are doing this, their senses sharpen, and their youth fades away. If war does not kill you physically, then it will emotionally. Its a simple fact, war is destruction at its best. It does not only destroy lives, but emotions.…
Crane’s poem is written as a narrative and with a free verse form. Crane uses a variety of literary devices, such as irony. For example the title itself “War Is Kind.” The title is ironic because throughout the poem he explains war being horrific and not kind at all. Crane also uses symbols from the phrase, “Eagle with crest of red and gold...” He symbolizes the eagle as having strength and courage while red and gold represent the blood and glory. Virtuous soldiers go through blood to show their country glory…
John F. Kennedy once said, “Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind.” War has taken lives, stolen innocence and caused suffering. These themes have had a large impact on literature especially in the book, All Quiet on the Western Front and the poem, “Apologia Pro Poemate Meo”. The two are described from the point of view of soldiers within the war which is especially appropriate considering the authors Erich Remarque and Wilfred Erich were soldiers in World War I. Both works emphasize the horrors of war and the toll it takes on individuals involved. The different approaches taken strongly reflect the themes of camaraderie, the glorification of war and the killing of those who may be similar.…
We’ve come so far in terms of civilisation, yet war is still a concept that is prominent and even thriving in our world. The poems “1914 V: The Soldier” by Rupert Brooke, and “Soldier’s Farewell” by Mike Subritzky both counter the prospect of war but uses different viewpoints. Putting into mind that Brooke came from WW1 while Subritzky wrote the poem during WW2, their mindsets might differ. “1914 V: The Soldier” had a very patriotic outlook on war while the author in “Soldier’s Farewell” slandered war by saying he was leaving, and never coming back. I’ll be analysing and evaluating how both poets have expressed their point of view in this essay. Both poets were directly involved with war, as they both were soldiers themselves. Rupert Brooke represented England in World War One. He, like many others, was enthralled with the idea that war was an adventure, a heroic act of which to defend and show your loyalty for your country. He died in 1915. Mike Subritzky was a New Zealand poet and soldier from World War Two. Both of them wind up with similar perspectives of war, but bring different experiences.…