To sympathize is to feel concern and pity. All Quiet On The Western Front is a book all about feeling lost and sorry for all that have died in the war. Seven brave young German men risked their lives to fight in this war between the Allies and Germans. They were ambitious to succeed and win the war. In the end they all had tragic and horrific deaths‚ but which three of these men deserve your sympathy the most? I sympathized the most with Paul‚ Albert‚ and Detering. Paul Baumer was the character
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War is good and bad‚ beneficial and pointless‚ but above all other things‚ immensely inhumane. Man created war‚ and with our controversial human nature egged it on. “All Quiet on the Western Front” by Erich Maria Remarque is a war novel that shows the war experience and how war changes people. During the time spent at the front and at rest the soldier is turned from human to inhumane. They are taken away from the normal human emotion and placed into a state of being more animalistic and superhuman
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World War One is known 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
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In the book All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque‚ there are many symbols. However the main symbol that ties everything together is the boots. The boots are a symbol for loss of identity‚ dehumanization‚ and cheapness of human life. During World War I‚ men were put in boot camp straight from high school. They never have a chance to grow up and develop lives of their own. Although they have lost their innocence due to hardships of the war‚ they are still young boys at heart. This
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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 teachers to pursue in being patriotic to their country. The story starts out with nineteen
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first to lend a helping hand and the last to take it away‚ if even then. You keep thinking; Maybe MLK or Batman comes to mind but no one for sure really stands out in your mind. After reading All Quiet on The Western Front‚ two people instantly jump to mind. Of the few heroes in All Quiet on the Western Front‚ Paul and Kat are the most notable because of their leadership and responsibility. As Paul progresses through war‚ his skin becomes thick‚ he begins to look more and more like a leader. He
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Literature of War / Period 1 The Savage Within Throughout Erich Maria Remarque’s novel‚ All Quiet on the Western Front‚ vivid images of gruesome animal instincts and the innocent animals’ lives ending are illustrated for the reader repeatedly. Remarque indicates that for a soldier’s survival in battle they must cease sanity and rely solely on primitive instinct. This notion of animal instincts leads soldiers to be less
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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
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how the soldiers felt emotionally‚ physically‚ and mentally. When reading the book‚ All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque‚ one can further understand the true sadness‚ physical pain‚ and mental exhaustion that the German soldiers actually went through. This changes our perspective about the war because we can oversee our American bias and understand the pain on both sides. When Paul says‚ “We were all at once terribly alone; and alone we must see it through‚” it shows how although there
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"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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