All Quiet on the Western Front is a historical fiction novel written by German author Erich Maria Remarque in the late 1920s. It is narrated by Paul Baumer‚ a young man who joined the army voluntarily after listening a patriotic speech from his teacher‚ Kantorek. Paul shared his experiences and stories during the time he fought in the German army on the French front in World War I. Paul Baumer is a nineteen years old high school student. He and several of his friends from school were encouraged
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Paul The novel‚ All Quiet on the Western Front is the harshest story about war ever written. This novel was written by Erich Maria Remarque‚ based on his real life experience about World War 1. It tells a story about a group of companions at war and how they live their life everyday there. After analyzing the novel‚ All Quiet on the Western Front‚ readers realized that almost all the characters were either very noble or not noble at all. The one character that stood out of all the character for
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all ideas displayed in the novel All Quiet on the Western Front that prove the validity of the statement in the preface. These ideas and more expressed by the author‚ Erich Maria Remarque‚ present the reader with the war novel of a lifetime. A war novel that is different from any other because of these ideas and the way Remarque presents them. A generation of young men was fresh out of school with the world at their fingertips‚ but they realized it was their duty to enlist in the war and have
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All Quiet on the Western Front One of the main themes in All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque is Futility of War. The novel takes place during the Great War and takes place in France. Paul Baumer is the main character in the book along with many of his friends. In the book the theme of futility of war appears in the beginning‚ middle and end of the novel and Baumer slowly becomes more aware of what war is really like. In the beginning Baumer enters the war as a recruit and
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This concept is depicted through Erich Maria Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front and Thomas Hardy’s “The Man He Killed.” Remarque describes this theme with Paul Baumer‚ a German soldier killing others in order to stay alive. As he becomes war hardened by combat itself‚ he begins to be aware of warfare’s worthless actions. Likewise‚ Hardy incorporates his view of a meaningless war through an officer pondering his past morale and actions. Hardy and Remarque both employ diction and figurative
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around 20 million soldiers were wounded during the war. Soldiers showed courage by fighting and learned how important it is to trust other men. They faced hard conditions and suffered many injuries. In the novel‚ All Quiet on The Western Front‚ Erich Maria Remarque portrays the main character‚ Paul Baümer‚ as a superior comrade‚ a smart decision-maker‚ and a brave soldier. Paul Baümer would not be able to survive the war without his friends and his friends would not be able to survive it without
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reasons or the outcome‚ in the wake of the battle‚ the soldier‚ or country’s hero‚ actually becomes the victim. Youth is sacrificed‚ lives are lost‚ and the survivors are forever altered. In the novel‚ All Quiet on the Western Front‚ written by Erich Maria Remarque‚ the characters sacrificed their youth in the war and their innocence was lost. Paul Bäumer‚ the narrator‚ was forced to discover a harsh reality. Paul’s high school teacher‚ Kantorek‚ pressured Paul and his classmates to enlist in the army
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Jessica Campbell Mr. Marsh- Period 7 1-4-15 All Quiet on The Western Front All Quiet on The Western Front‚ by Erich Maria Remarque‚ is a historical fiction novel‚ depicting what soldiers went through during world war I. The novel was first released in 1928‚ in a German newspaper Vossische Zeitung‚ and then later published‚ in book form‚ in 1929. An American movie was later
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The film “All Quiet on the Western Front” based on the novel written by Erich Maria Remarque‚ chronicles the horrors of World War I through the eyes of a German soldier named Paul Bäumer. Along with his friends‚ Paul enlists to join the army with the enthusiasm and honor to be able to serve their country. However‚ their eagerness to fight is lost as they witness the brutality of the war through deadly battles along the western front. Paul is driven to despair as he painfully watches the war kill
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War Destroys Innocence Even though a book has far more space to talk about its thematic reason‚ there are many commonalities between books and poems. “All Quiet on the Western Front” was written by Erich Maria Remarque. The theme of the novel can be related to the theme of “Peace” by Rupert Brooke. The theme of both the novel and the book is “war destroys innocence”. The poem and the novel both display many examples of this. In “All Quiet on the Western Front” it explains how even though in
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