The Horrors of War on the Front In “All Quiet on the Western Front” Erich Maria Remarque a German veteran describes the harsh events that happened in WWI. The main character Paul Baumer narrates his story of what happened on the Western Front. Paul and several friends decided to join the army right out of high school at the young age of 19. In the beginning‚ Paul and his comrades were excited to join the army because they had been given speeches about patriotism‚ in time they realized that war
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All Quiet on the Western Front In All Quiet on the Western Front by Enrique Maria Remarque‚ the reader follows Paul Baumer as he fights through World War I and discovers the trials of being a soldier. As they survive through the war with each other‚ Paul and the other soldiers began to understand certain realities of life. Going into the battlefield teenagers‚ the soldiers come out as old men‚ burdened with their experiences. The war‚ meant to glorify Germany and turn its men into heroes‚ deadens
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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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the front‚ the last man of his class died on that day of all days. Erich Maria Remarque tells a remarkable World War I story through the eyes of the soldier Paul Baumer in All Quiet on the Western Front. In this novel‚ Paul faces life in the roughness of trench warfare. Remarque explores the effects of war on both an entire generation and on the individual and dives into the connection between war and political power. The biggest recurring theme of this novel is the lost generation. Almost all of
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the novel? “All Quiet on the Western Front” written by Erich Maria Remarque explores the idea that men have escaped the shells of battle but were often destroyed by war. Remarque presents the changes in Paul and his friends and by displaying the sense of isolation the men feel after the war by using a range of techniques. Remarque displays the changes in Paul and his friends by showing how the boys were once school boys who had an education and a future but war extinguished all innocence and hope
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In the novel‚ All Quiet on the Western Front‚ the author uses strong imagery and detailed descriptions to convey the horrors of the Great War and their detrimental effects on soldiers from all fronts. Images such as desperation‚ starvation‚ trauma‚ guilt‚ and camaraderie create a lasting impression on the reader as they are planted in the shoes of German soldiers‚ fighting and depending upon each other for survival. These themes were the unfortunate reality of life in the trenches‚ where rival sides
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All Quiet on the Western Front Essay In “All quiet on the western front” the heroes that are in the novel would be the young men who died while fighting for their country. Many people believe a hero is an individual who epitomizes their own masculinity by sustaining a muscular figure with a gorgeous women on their arm. What I see is that a hero is someone who not afraid to lose their life to protect or save another person’s life. Soldiers are portrayed as people who ruthlessly kill and destroyed
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All Quiet on the Western Front is by Erich Maria Remarque. This book was an extraordinary war story. Remarque uses excellent words and phrases to describe crucial details of the book. Remarque had first hand experience because he was a German in World War I. So he expresses his opinions through Paul the main character of the book. One of the strongest themes in this book is that war makes man inhuman. From the author’s point of view soldiers was often compared to various nonliving objects that
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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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