All Quiet on the Western Front “The first bombs‚ the first explosion‚ burst into our hearts.” (Remarque 88) This is what the soldiers felt like in Erich Maria Remarque novel‚ All Quiet on the Western Front‚ Paul Baumer‚ a young man serving in the German army during World War One‚ is constantly being faced with the horrible and terrifying aspects of war. From seeing‚ his fellow soldiers lying dead on the battle field‚ to learning how to survive on the western front of the war. With his rifle by his
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Arthur Tsao 25 January 2011 Ritchie 1 All Quiet on the Western Front: Literary Log #1 “We learned that a bright button is weightier than four volumes of Schopenhaur. At first astonished‚ then embittered‚ and finally indifferent‚ we recognized that what matters is not the mind but the boot brush‚ not intelligence but the system‚ not freedom but drill” (22). In this quote‚ Remarque explains the differences between valuable material and knowledge. The imagery he describes compares “educational”
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6 Quotes 1. "You limp‚ will you get out – you hound‚ you skunk‚ sneak out of it‚ would you?" [Himmelstoss’s] eye becomes glassy‚ I knock his head against the wall – "You cow" – I kick him in the ribs – "You swine" – I push him toward the door and shove him out head first.” Ch.6 P.1 This quote shows how power can change a man from being ordinarily timid or shy into someone else. Himmelstoss was given power and changed from an ordinary postman to a tyrant commander. He tells the soldiers how
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1. The story is narrated in the third person point of view. Aside from dialogue‚ the story does not use "I." Instead‚ it uses his name‚ or refers to the character as "him" or "he." 2. The story starts off as third person objective. It’s first told as how someone would observe from afar. The narrator makes assumptions‚ such as in the first paragraph of part one‚ "It did not appear to be the duty of these two men to know what was occurring ." In the third paragraph‚ the narrator is describing
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and carrots and pork. My company sat closest to the rough bulwark and lines of splintering wooden spikes that marked the edge of the camp. Deep grey clouds set in; suffocating the azure sky the light was swallowed so quickly I thought that the sun had disappeared. I couldn’t see a thing so I decided to join my brothers for dinner‚ there were plenty of others on watch duty and one man wouldn’t make a difference. A grey mist had set in over the camp; combined with the smoke of the cook fires it was hard
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Through the mist of the morning‚ the scarlet leaves could be seen. In front stood a tree‚ waving its arms at me. The sky wasn’t visible to my sight‚ the deep grey clouds were disappearing‚ and the sun was nowhere to be seen. Regardless‚ I continued my journey with my obsolete umbrella firmly tucked under my arm and against my battered coat; that I have been wearing for the past fifteen years. The roar of engines could be heard as I continued my journey. The mist thickened into a dense fog‚ mirroring
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Crash It has been 20 years or so since World War I ended. But yet another war had broken out‚ this time with the Germans and the Japanese. It seems that the war to end all wars wasn’t the end of them all. It’s now the year 1945‚ and World War II is still in the works. Bryant didn’t want to fly overseas to total war‚ but war‚ war never changes. First of all‚ Bryant was dreading leaving the United States‚ but all military personnel were required to. Just imagining the battle cries and the smell
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their heads laid severed‚ visages of terror forever printed upon them. Some had been ripped apart‚ their organs beside them‚ either dry and shriveled or still oozing blood. More still remained deep in the blaze‚ given no opportunity of escape. However so‚ the more unlucky of these men remained alive‚ groaning in agony with the last of their shallow
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Venice is a timeless piece and provides great themes to be analyzed for purposes of a book report. The Merchant of Venice is one of Shakespeare’s less popular comedies‚ having been plagued in recent times with complaints of anti-Semitic themes. The summary of this really has to do with the character Shylock‚ a caricature of a greedy‚ Jewish money-lender. The two main characters of the story are a Venetian merchant‚ Antonio‚ and his Bassanio‚ who is in love with a wealthy heiress named Portia. Bassanio
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Mr. Somoano Social Studies 7 Per. 1 13 November‚ 2014 Islam’s Spreading Islam is a religion that only believed in one god and it wasn’t too common in that time period so they found a way by spreading Islam. There had to be someone who started the spread of Islam and his name was Prophet Muhammad. Prophet Muhammad is a man who was born in Makkah and was an orphan. He was a patient and generous man who wanted to spread his religion. The ways he spread his religion was by military conquest‚ trade routes
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