in battle. “Theme is the underlying message or big idea that is portrayed throughout the story” (What is Theme in Literature). In reading this book you can learn that being a soldier during any war can be a hard road to go down. In the novel “All Quiet on the Western Front” by Erich Remarque‚ the theme of the story is how the main character learns that the effects of war is hard for some soldiers to deal with. The novel shows this theme in at least instance; going home from war on leave‚ losing
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That Fabulous Day. “Young and old‚ civilians and military men burned with the same excitement. It was like a Brotherhood Day.”1[1] Everyone was willing to do their part and fight for their country. However‚ on another side of things‚ in the book All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque‚ the brutal realities of war and mental damage caused by such deplorable conditions. “We have become wild beasts… [w]e
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confession‚ and least of all an adventure‚ for death is not an adventure to those who stand face to face with it. It will try simply to tell of a generation of men who‚ even though they may have escaped shells‚ were destroyed by the war” (Epigraph). In All Quiet on the Western Front‚ there are many themes present throughout the text. The most important of which‚ being the psychological effects that the war has on the soldiers. Out of all of the men fighting throughout the war and those who physically survived
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In All Quiet on the Western Front‚ Erich Maria Remarque progressively shows the brutality of war through the eyes of soldiers claiming their innocence‚ and also the effects of war on the people in the home front . In this essay I will be discussing the effect of war on both the combatants and non combatants in this novel. Remarque cleverly illustrates what men at the front go through in war‚ he describe how quickly soldiers realise the reality of war. “We march up‚ moody or good-tempered
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Book review on All Quiet on the Western Front All Quiet on the Western Front‚ a war novel‚ is a fictional novel by Erich Maria Remarque‚ a German veteran of World War I. The book was wrote in 1929 and has had two movies based on the book. Erich Maria Remarque was conscripted at the age of 18‚ and on the 12th June 1917 he was transferred to the Western Front. This may have provided Erich Maria Remarque with the idea that was behind All Quiet on the Western Front. I think it was a book written to
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WHAT DID THE MOVIE‚ “ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT”; TELL YOU ABOUT WORLD WAR 1 AND WARFARE IN GENERAL‚ USE MOVIE EXAMPLES. Gunshots and bombs blowing up all around you‚ blood and guts flying everywhere‚ as you dodge bullets‚ and listen to the low guttural sounds and high pitched screams of men dying all around you on both sides. In the movie‚ I really learned about war and warfare. You really can’t understand just how heart wrenching and scary it can be while ducking bullets and watching
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The novel‚ All Quiet on the Western Front‚ by Erich Maria Remarque has many different themes represented through out it. The main theme that is shown throughout the book is the “Lost Generation” theme. In the foreword‚ Remarque states‚ “This book is to be neither an accusation nor a confession… It will try simply to tell of a generation of men who‚ even though they may have escaped shells‚ were destroyed by the war.” This book focuses on the Lost Generation of the German Army of World War I. The
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Tabitha Forms in Literature September 27‚ 2004 Period 11 All Quiet on the Western Front Essay A lost generation‚ emotional destruction‚ the reality of war‚ these are 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
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__ All Quiet on the western front and how it relates to "Insensibility" by Wilfred Owen Submitted by: Marilyn Thipthorpe I think this movie is a classic masterpiece or example of Anti-war. It shows how war takes everything away from you especially your humanity. This movie was banned for about 4-5 years after its release because of its in-depth effect on people due to the war. In this movie we get a young German group (who haven’t even passed out of College yet) who have been recruited in
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All Quiet on the Western Front vs. Postmodernism There are many novels that recollect various periods throughout the decades. The novel All Quiet on the Western Front is one of these. The Author Erich Maria Remarque uses a fictional character named Paul Baumer to install feeling‚ thoughts‚ and actions that the German soldiers went through during World War I specifically battling on the Western front. This novel gives a historical outlook on how the war affected these soldiers during and after the
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