Both Remarque’s “All Quiet on the Western Front” and Hemingway’s “The Sun Also Rises” relate to the theme of hopelessness during the lost generation. Remarque’s story is set during the war from a younger German soldier‚ Paul‚ through him the suffering and difficulties are presented as fruitless and with out a main goal to look forward to when they return home. Throughout the military travels of the younger soldiers like Paul‚ Remarque’s view on wars disadvantages on people are clearly stated through
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Horrors of War by Joshua Gonzalez aka NeonFx War stories before Erich Maria Remarque’s times still leaned toward themes of glory‚ adventure‚ and honor. In presenting his realistic version of a soldier’s experience‚ Remarque stripped that from war novels in his antiwar novel‚ All Quiet on the Western Front. Remarque accurately depicts both the physical and mental hardships of war. This novel should be read by all soldiers thinking of enlisting in the army for several reasons. First‚ the novel describes
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to survive one must become and animal. One must revert back to their primal instincts otherwise they are no more than mincemeat. This regression into his animal instincts changes how Paul sees everything. But‚ underneath the uniform‚ he remains a child. “But when we go bathing and strip‚ suddenly we have slender legs again and slight shoulders. We are no longer soldiers‚ but little more than boys;”(29). Paul wants nothing more than to go back home and try to live a normal life. But‚ when he returns
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survive. In the end‚ life becomes difficult to come back to which leads to our own destruction. The aspect from both novels is about “men who were destroyed by war” (Remarque 12) even when they have escaped the horrors of the war. Both authors express that they do not want to tell us about the experiences in the war‚ at least not just the war‚ but rather the destructive impact on the soldier; such as the inability of young people to go back to their life exactly like before the war. There is no
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becoming animals. Individuals are no longer recognized‚ people are categorized in groups‚ a column of men ready to go into battle. The human instinct is no longer there‚ but instead the need to survive is the only thing that one can see. Upon arrival back home for leave‚ there is a sense of awkwardness. Though one is “home” the sense of feeling like constant distance and not feeling himself was an agonizing pain. The amount of trauma from losing friends and the constant struggle of being at war had
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he was in the hospital. After a year in the hospital he returned to Osnabruck for further training. The war had ended before Witt 2 he returned to active duty. After the war he changed his middle name to Maria after his mother. Remark went back to college after the war. He graduated and started his two-year substitute training in 1919. Finally he got bored teaching‚ and did different odd jobs such as‚ playing organ on Sundays at an insane asylum‚ working for a tombstone firm‚ working as
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In the novel All Quiet on the Western Front‚ Erich Maria Remarque describes World War I through the eyes of a soldier‚ Paul. It goes into details about combat‚ food shortage‚ going on leave‚ and the life at home. While reading this book‚ I couldn’t help but notice that I would get nervous in some chapters about what would happen next. The author goes into so much detail‚ giving the reader that first person feeling while he/she is reading the book. Remarque also describes the horrific and unthinkable
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All Quiet on the Western Front War War is a battle of not only the physical but also the psychological. In the text‚ All quiet on the western front‚ by Enrich Maria Remarque‚ and the poem Homecoming‚ by Bruce Dawe‚ our understanding is challenged through various representations of war such as innocence‚ srvivl and grief. Throughout the novel‚ “All quiet on the western front”‚ we as the readers are taken on a journey with the character Paul Baumer‚ a young man‚ whom started the war with a “head[s]
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Summer Reading 2013 Alternate Ending of “All Quiet on the Western Front” TWELVE It is autumn in Germany. In 1918‚ the First World War is upon us. Upon me‚ as I am the last of seven members in my class. My leader‚ my friend‚ has been killed not too long ago. However‚ that has driven me closer to victory. They all talk of violence and injustice‚ but all have passed. Hope is low that the war will end shortly. If war resumes‚ then there will be resolution. I have fourteen days of rest due inhaling
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realizes he would not know what to do with his youth if he gets it back. Innocence and youth do not last long in the young soldier’s’ life. Firstly‚ Paul and other soldiers
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