Summary: All Quiet On The Western Front
All Quiet on the Western Front
In the novel ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ by Erich Maria Remarque, the main character Paul Bäumer’s development shows the horrors of the First World War and the effect it had on the young men who fought in it. Paul Bäumer is the main character whom is nineteen years old, Bäumer volunteered for the army along side four of his classmates. Some parts in the novel is written in past tense when Paul Bäumer is collecting his thoughts. Most of the novel is written in Present tense. During the novel we see Paul Bäumer changing as a person, he has just left school and is a young boy with no experiences. By the end of this novel end even half way through he had become a well experienced man.
Paul Bäumer is the …show more content…
Bäumer feels different from everyone else in his hometown because he feels he is different, they are different. He has been away for so long he does not feel at home anymore. He’s not just a boy anymore, he’s now a man. I feel so much respect for Bäumer by this stage because he has done so well and all army men deserve respect.
When Bäumer returns home from leave he feels obliged to volunteer for a dangerous night patrol. Whilst in ‘No-Man’s Land’ Bäumer gets lost. Paul hides in a shell – hole but a bomb goes off behind him when he is alone.
“This is the first time I have killed with my hands…”
Bäumer feels so guilty for killing the French man. He starts to think about the French mans life and his family.
“If only he had run two yards further to the left, he might now be sitting in the trench over there and writing a letter to his wife.”
This changes Bäumers character for the better because he now realises how precious life is. Bäumer feels hatred against the war and realises it’s a bad thing. I personally think war should be illegal because what is the point in killing human beings for victory. I don’t think that’s a victory, it’s a crime to kill. If we are not at war you would be sent to prison and just because its war that makes it
In the novel ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ by Erich Maria Remarque, the main character Paul Bäumer’s development shows the horrors of the First World War and the effect it had on the young men who fought in it. Paul Bäumer is the main character whom is nineteen years old, Bäumer volunteered for the army along side four of his classmates. Some parts in the novel is written in past tense when Paul Bäumer is collecting his thoughts. Most of the novel is written in Present tense. During the novel we see Paul Bäumer changing as a person, he has just left school and is a young boy with no experiences. By the end of this novel end even half way through he had become a well experienced man.
Paul Bäumer is the …show more content…
Bäumer feels different from everyone else in his hometown because he feels he is different, they are different. He has been away for so long he does not feel at home anymore. He’s not just a boy anymore, he’s now a man. I feel so much respect for Bäumer by this stage because he has done so well and all army men deserve respect.
When Bäumer returns home from leave he feels obliged to volunteer for a dangerous night patrol. Whilst in ‘No-Man’s Land’ Bäumer gets lost. Paul hides in a shell – hole but a bomb goes off behind him when he is alone.
“This is the first time I have killed with my hands…”
Bäumer feels so guilty for killing the French man. He starts to think about the French mans life and his family.
“If only he had run two yards further to the left, he might now be sitting in the trench over there and writing a letter to his wife.”
This changes Bäumers character for the better because he now realises how precious life is. Bäumer feels hatred against the war and realises it’s a bad thing. I personally think war should be illegal because what is the point in killing human beings for victory. I don’t think that’s a victory, it’s a crime to kill. If we are not at war you would be sent to prison and just because its war that makes it