"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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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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Remarque in his novel “All Quiet on the Western Front” explores war itself as the enemy of German soldiers in World war 1. He achieves this by suggesting that W.W.1 created a lost generation and that this generation felt betrayed by their leaders. Remarque depicts the atrocities and inhumanities that war introduces soldiers to as well as the way it both facilitates and destroys camaraderie. Para 1. Remarque uses symbolism to explore how World War One created a lost generation of German youth. They
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Youth and Innocence are a Thing of the Past In Erich Maria Remarque’s novel All Quiet on the Western Front Paul and other soldiers lose their sense of innocence and youth before they are prepared. Paul‚ a young man enlists in the German Army of the First World War with some of his classmates. These young men become enthusiastic soldiers‚ but incidents of horror break them down. Paul and other soldiers lose their sense of innocence and youth when they discern the poster of a beautiful woman in the
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the All Quiet on the Western Front‚ Paul Baumer‚ says‚ "I believe we are lost" (Remarque 123). The soldiers themselves recognize that they are part of a lost generation. They are‚ "forlorn like children‚ and experienced like old men" (123). Lost Generation is revealed in All Quiet on the Western Front through the young soldiers loss of innocence‚ loss of life‚ and loss of home. The First World War has no positive effect on the lives of the young soldiers. The soldiers lose their innocence on the
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of young boys were entering training camp. Faithfully‚ at the trains station they notice another train arriving loaded with returning injured soldiers. Once they reached the front lines‚ they meet their mentor Kat; who takes them on their first patrol and tried to teach them may skills in order to be able to survive at the front lines. At the beginning‚ the French and German armies are attacking each other regularly over no men’s land‚ over a few hundred meters from each other. Franz gets injured after
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nationalism and patriotism‚ but “All Quiet on the Western Front” based on the novel by Erich Maria Remarque does the complete opposite and engages the audience in the real horrors of war such as the lost of pride‚ innocence‚ and emotion that eventually leads to the defeat of the central powers. The movie only talks about those changes‚ but how patriotism fueled the war and the millions of men that fought in the war.The movie takes place during the “Great War” and it’s all based on the feelings and emotions
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Destruction through Symbols in All Quiet on the Western Front War. Very few words invoke such strong and conflicting reactions. War demands honor and death. War offers hope and despair. War creates the ultimate challenge and the pinnacle of defeat. Throughout history‚ man struggles to understand war and its impact on the people engaged in its horrors. Paul Baumer‚ the protagonist in Erich Maria Remarque’s historical fiction novel All Quiet on the Western Front‚ enlists in the war with his comrades
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Setting (DESCRIBE the time period‚ geographical location‚ historical/social context) The setting in All Quiet on the Western Front takes place around the battlefield of the war‚ mainly the trenches. It was dark‚ morbid‚ chaotic and hopeless. Trench life was dreadful according to Paul. There was so much blood‚ mud and clamor from the blasts and bombs. The constant pounding of those bombs lasted for days‚ rumbling in those
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All Quiet on the Western Front War War is a battle of not only the physical but also the psychological. In the text‚ All quiet on the western front‚ by Enrich Maria Remarque‚ and the poem Homecoming‚ by Bruce Dawe‚ our understanding is challenged through various representations of war such as innocence‚ srvivl and grief. Throughout the novel‚ “All quiet on the western front”‚ we as the readers are taken on a journey with the character Paul Baumer‚ a young man‚ whom started the war with a “head[s]
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