Western Front In the book “All Quiet on the Western Front” by Erich Remarque‚ the author uses nature‚ and comradeship‚ to describe what the characters are going through. Erich uses nature in several ways‚ such as describing how the soldiers are facing terrible hardships‚ also it reflects on their sadness‚ and provides a contrast to the unnatural world of war. The author also uses the theme Comradeship through all the horrifying pictures of death and inhumanity‚ he talks about when Paul and his friends
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comrades. Throughout the war‚ the servicemen maintain a strong bond between with each other. However‚ this bond even extends to the enemy on occasion‚ showcasing the universality of humanity. Two key themes in All Quiet on the Western Front are comradeship and the universal nature of mankind‚ and Remarque often demonstrates this. Despite the fact that nationalists often portray war as some
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The novel All Quiet on the Western Front was published in 1929. Many publishers doubted its success since it appeared to be exceedingly honest and was not typical for the then social ideology of glorification of defeated Germany in the First World War. Erich Maria Remarque‚ who went off to war as a volunteer in 1916‚ was not so much a creator of this literary breakthrough but a witness of merciless European battlefields. The author described the horrors of war honestly‚ simply‚ without unnecessary
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legitimacy of the hierarchical dynastic realm. Finally‚ the most important point is‚ a nation is imagined as a community because it always developed a deep horizontal comradeship. I agree with Anderson definition of nation‚ it is bound by comradeship between people‚ which made this book relevant to the thesis written because through the comradeship nationalism can either be ‘positive’ or
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What was the point of the Gallipoli campaign? Why did Gallipoli enter the ‘popular consciousness’ of Australians so readily? By the time Australia found itself at war with the Central Powers‚ only fourteen years had passed since its colonies had united in federation. Australia was a new nation‚ trying to find its feet‚ and its place in the world. As they had in 1899 against the Boers of South Africa‚ Australians were quick to jump to the defence of Britain‚ declaring war on the fifth of August
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in common is the relationships between the soldiers and their development throughout the novel or poem. Strong relationships between men play a key part in any war literature and comradeship is an element of the First World War that is often dramatised or written about. The government even used the idea of comradeship in their ‘Pals Battalion’ scheme‚ the plan being that men would fight harder if they fought with their friends. War fiction literature often focuses on the friendships between men
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The main connecting point of unit cohesion is what Greeks call philia. Philia is translated and defined as friendship‚ comradeship‚ or brotherly love. In the essay‚ it goes into an example about philia how numberless soldiers have died‚ not for country‚ honor‚ or religious faith or for any other reason but because they realized that by them fleeing the post they were as and
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The special historic and social-economic background of Hong Kong forms its own identity‚ which is different from other regions like mainland China‚ and makes it a specific imagined community‚ which is accord with Benedict Anderson’s theory of imagined community. Whereas‚ it is under discussion whether since the reunification in 1997‚ Hong Kong has been gradually transformed into a part of China in terms of culture and identity and‚ thus‚ will no longer be a separated imagined community in the future
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The incident regarding Stanhope and Hibbert contributes to the play dramatically in various ways. It highlights a number of main themes throughout the play‚ such as comradeship‚ pity of war‚ and the destruction of youth. This play gains dramatically from this confrontation partly due to the timing of this incident. It is significant to the series of events since Stanhope is in a terrible mental state due to the news he has just received from the colonel. Although Stanhope was aware that the big
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Caputo gives a descriptive realization of what he experienced firsthand through basic training and on the front line of combat. He is quoted in the Prologue saying‚ “We learned the old lessons about fear‚ cowardice‚ courage‚ suffering‚ cruelty‚ and comradeship.” (Caputo‚ xv) Three of the adjectives that extremely stood out through the first two parts of his memoir were the fear‚ cruelty‚ and suffering that lieutenant experienced. Fear is a big contribution in regards to war. Fear of being shot‚ fear
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