All Quiet On the Western Front‚ written by author Erich Maria Remarque‚ takes readers through a series of events in which the main character‚ Paul Baumer‚ ends up eventually being a true shattered‚ broken man. Remarque takes readers through Baumer’s transformation‚ as he starts out a hometown‚ naive‚ schoolboy who enjoys reading plays and eating potato-cakes‚ and is changed to that truly broke and shattered man as he is struggling to survive World War I on the front. Prior to the war‚ Paul’s schoolmaster
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they become so grief-ridden. They can no longer be relied upon‚ or their hearts turn to stone and they lose the ability to distinguish right from wrong” (193). This quote was made by the elf Arya while she was consoling Eragon on feeling guilty about all the enemies he had killed. This quote was said when Eragon and Arya were traveling back to the Varden and just after the pair had escaped from a group of Galbatorix’s soldiers‚ but unfortunately they had to kill all of the soldiers so their whereabouts
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aggression; therefore‚ power‚ and its corruption‚ is the source of all war. Such corruption is exemplified in the World War I novel‚ All Quiet On the Western Front‚ by Erich Remarque‚ through the eyes of the platoon leader‚ of the military officials‚ and of the highest level of power in Germany at the time‚ the Kaiser. The bottommost level of power represented in All Quiet On the Western Front is the platoon leader‚ who is given a pack of soldiers to bully around under his abusive authority. The authority
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The theme of war. The novel ‘The Quiet American’ written by Graham Greene is the war novel. Saigon‚ 1952‚ is a beautiful‚ exotic‚ and mysterious city caught in the grips of the Vietnamese war of liberation from the French colonial powers. The Vietnam War was a Cold War-era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam‚ Laos‚ and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. This war followed the First Indochina War and was fought between North Vietnam‚ supported by its communist
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proves true in the novel All Quiet on the Western Front‚ by Erich Maria Remarque. Paul‚ the protagonist goes to fight for Germany at an early age of 19. There he sees the realities of war‚ completely opposite to the vision he held that persuaded him to enlist‚ and loses most of his comrades including his own life towards the end
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Sometimes there isn’t a fight between good and evil. Sometimes there are just varying levels of evil and the reader has to decide what is worse. The Quiet American is a story about the moral complexities of life‚ and how a simple‚ reductionist view of a conflict‚ of a country‚ or of a person is never possible. Set in Vietnam during the French colonial war‚ the novel is told from the point of view of Thomas Fowler‚ a British journalist. He doesn’t seem to do much reporting‚ for he spends a lot
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In all Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque the main argument is the tragedy of war. Through detailing the experience of the main character Paul‚ the terror a young soldier goes through is exposed. It is shown how in war many people die‚ that leaders are unfair and nothing good comes out of it. The war was a tragic event that could have been resolved with peace and treaties‚ therefore moving forward wars should be avoided. In all Quiet on the Western front tragic events happen in
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In “All quiet on the Western Front”‚ Paul Baumer says that war is a dehumanizing experience‚ however‚ there are many examples in this book that prove otherwise. Paul says he knows nothing of life but “despair‚ death‚ fear‚ and a fatuous superficiality cast over an abyss of sorrow”(263). War‚ however cruel it may seem‚ actually makes soldiers more human. During the time Paul spent at training camp‚ Paul made “friends” with the Russians of the other side of the fence. Paul shared his cigarettes
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Julia Chapman All Quiet on the Western Front Theme Graphic Organizer | Theme | Example | Pg # | Significance | 1. Nature of Power(How individuals control others) | “Under his orders I have scrubbed out the Corporals’ Mess with a tooth-brush.”“There’s a great deal of polishing being done. We are inspected at every turn. Everything that is torn is exchanged for new…the Kaiser is coming to review us. Hence all the inspections.” | 23201 | The Corporal is manipulating his power to get the men
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friends. Since they are so numerous‚ they’ve gotten bold enough to start stealing our bread. As I write this‚ our dug-out constantly shakes violently from German bombardment. These tremors keep us awake at night‚ and we get into corners. The explosions are so often that we are able to tell the difference between calibre’s of each shell. The morning after‚ the new recruits can sometimes be seen vomiting from the sheer amount of
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