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Robert E. Lee instructed Stuart’s troops to protect Rappahannock river and make sure it was clear of spies. Gen. Stuart decided to organize a distraction on the other side of the river because that’s where the Union troops where. Pleasanton added many men and had to have two attacks. The Union ended up killing Col. Benjamin Davis. Buford charged the arsenal but they took the guns before they could get to them. The troops at Kelly’s Ford where told to march around the opponent but Stuart’s office was there. Both sides added more troops and fought for 5 hours. Learning another Confederate militia was coming Pleasanton withdrew.…
Chapter Seven: The Second Company is sent somewhere to reorganize their group. Himmelstoss apologizes to the men for being such a mean person because he feels bad, as he has now been on the front. Paul, Leer, and Kropp go for a swim and meet three women. The men swim across the canal during the night and carry their boots and some food.…
There were many lifting and shifting of artillery fires from both sides, concentrating of each General’s decision on the situations that were coming in from the battlefield. The Union totally overwhelmed the Confederate army with massing fires, and concentrated frontal attacks that day, causing huge loses on the Confederate side. The major shortcomings of the Confederate lost was due to solely planning of the artillery crossfire, but poorly executed that plan. The secondary plan of suppression fire was hindered also by the bombardment of the Union massing counter-fire taking much of the Confederate artillery off the battlefield. Even though the Union Artillery had an almost 3:1 odds on the Confederate Army, the first initial volleys of Confederate fire primary stunned the Union army and if continued to could have changed the entire outcome with the Confederate crossfire plan executed successfully. This battle will go down as one of the most notable artillery exchanges from American artillery, and with proper artillery planning/execution, artillery can and will always be the deciding factor on a decisive win or a major…
Grant went against General Albert Sidney Johnston. Johnston’s plan was to cave in on Grant and his soldiers and his plan didn’t work because Grant had won. 8 out of the 10 Union soldiers had never been in a battle. A lot of people who were injured usually had to lay in the mud and cry because everyone didn’t want to risk their lives to help save their troops. In…
“The front is a cage in which we must await fearfully whatever may happen” said Paul in All Quiet On the Western Front. In this book friends from college are recruited to the army to fight for their country in the Great War. The boys were full of pride until they got to the front and were conquered by fear. The front wasn’t what they expected; everything that was done was for nothing but survival. Like any war the war came to an end but not all the college classmates/friends survived, and many of them didn’t get the chance to visit their families. This was a good book due to its tone, theme, point of view, and plot.…
In All Quiet on the Western Front, author Erich Maria Remarque reinforces the idea that war is horrific, through his use of visual, auditory, and tactile imagery. Towards the end of the second chapter of the book, Remarque begins to disillusionize the glorious imagery of war by describing the death of Kemmerich, a German soldier and a fellow classmate of the protagonist Paul. Paul and his other classmates that enlisted sit by Kemmerich's deathbed, illustrating the mourning for their comrade by saying “Franz Kemmerich looked as slight and frail as a child...There he lies...Nineteen and a half years old, he does not want to die!” (29) Remarque uses words such as “slight” and “frail” to describe the condition in which Kemmerich is in. As you approach twenty years old, you should be in prime shape, ready for or already in college, strong and independant, not “slight” nor “frail.” When you are twenty, it should be the start of your life, not the end of it.…
Joshua Chamberlain’s speech states several of his character traits in his speech. The first trait is fair, it states on page eight “I will do what I can to ensure you a fair trial”. The next trait is humble on page eight the author states “I’m told that if you don’t come with me I can shoot you. Well, you know I won’t do that but maybe someone else will. The final trait is Responsible, one example from the text that proves this is “I’ve been ordered to take you men with me” This proves that he’s responsible enough to get ordered to take in over one hundred men into war with him. This proves this because he’s taking over one hundred men with him into war because he is responsible enough for the job.…
In the novel, All Quiet on the Western Front, the author uses strong imagery and detailed descriptions to convey the horrors of the Great War and their detrimental effects on soldiers from all fronts. Images such as desperation, starvation, trauma, guilt, and camaraderie create a lasting impression on the reader as they are planted in the shoes of German soldiers, fighting and depending upon each other for survival. These themes were the unfortunate reality of life in the trenches, where rival sides are united in the battle of maintaining sanity and preserving life in any way possible. Specific images that have lingered in my mind after reading the novel are the types of brutal weaponry used in warfare. Trench mortars blew the clothes right…
I was surprised when the Confederate army mounted a second charge at the Union army. I thought that the Confederates would attack again later during the course of the story. This showed me that Crane put many twists in the story. “The youth turned quick eyes upon the field. He discerned forms begin to swell in masses out of a distant wood. He again saw the tilted flag speeding forward” (Crane 41). “The men groaned. The luster faded from their eyes. Their smudged countenances now expressed a profound dejection” (Crane 41). Both of these quotes show evidence that when the Confederates make a second charge they are utterly disappointed. The fact that they are disappointed so badly also surprised…
Contrary to other literary history works, “All Quiet on the Western Front” by Remarque Erich Maria is so unique because of the way it displays such a realistic view of war and the associated loss of humanity, innocence, and emotion that accompany it. Throughout this novel, Remarque proves his point that war is unnecessary, and dishonorable. The novel really emphasizes on the accumulating body count everyday, showing every aspect of how war is absolutely gruesome and such a waste of pure lives. Also, “All Quiet on the Western Front” shows how the position of being in war can change a person dramatically preventing them from returning to their previous lives, and scarring them permanently.…
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 being a noble man was the narrator, Paul. He is the most noble for being loyal to all his companions, for being sensitive to others and for being selfless in difficult times.…
The protagonist of the All Quiet on the Western Front, Paul Baumer, says, "I believe we are lost" (Remarque 123). The soldiers themselves recognize that they are part of a lost generation. They are, "forlorn like children, and experienced like old men" (123). Lost Generation is revealed in All Quiet on the Western Front through the young soldiers loss of innocence, loss of life, and loss of home. The First World War has no positive effect on the lives of the young soldiers.…
Throughout the novel All Quiet on the Western Front, the author Erich Maria Remarque, explores the effects of war through both literary and structural techniques. Remarque himself being involved in the war, writes from the perspective of young German soldiers who were on duty during the World War One campaign. Using various literary techniques, Remarque is able to convey the effects of war through the destruction of natural imagery, the displacement experienced by the soldiers as well as the loss of identity which eventually affects the soldiers the soldiers.…
In Erich Maria Remarque’s novel All Quiet on the Western Front Paul and other soldiers lose their sense of innocence and youth before they are prepared. Paul, a young man enlists in the German Army of the First World War with some of his classmates. These young men become enthusiastic soldiers, but incidents of horror break them down. Paul and other soldiers lose their sense of innocence and youth when they discern the poster of a beautiful woman in the white dress, when Paul does not feel comfortable in his own home and, when Paul 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.…
Throughout the entire book, many themes can be discovered by the readers, including patriotism, identity, sacrifice, and many others. However, one theme that appears very oftenly throughout the course of the novel is liberty. In many book, the theme liberty is an advance indication of a plot where the characters fight for liberty. However, in this book, “All Quiet on the Western Front,” the theme signifies the lack of liberty throughout the experiences of almost all of the characters. Paul first learned that it was important to show patriotism inside one’s heart. He was very brave to show loyalty toward his country by deciding to go fight in the war. Soon he realized that war was such a burden with no hope for the future. He had to go through continuous troubles, hide from constant threats. There was no freedom anywhere. His life was chained behind bars, being forced to train hard and sacrifice so much to continuously fight till the very end. This wasn’t just the case for him but all of the other soldiers. For example, when being…