Summary Of All Quiet On The Western Front
After the Great War had ended, a beauty had emerged from the the vast fields of ruins that were left behind. People had lost all their possessions and families from the war so all they had to turn to was poetry. The poems that were written by soldiers that had fought in war was not about the war heros and the greatness it brought, but yet instead of the great beast that this war was. This was told by Siegfried Sassoon. The other half of the war that was not being fought by the women, was told by May Wedderburn Cannan. Even the opposing side had there own thoughts on this war. All Quiet on the Western Front is a diary of a man that goes by Paul Baumer that was written by Erich Maria Remarque.
Siegfried Sassoon was a child that was born into …show more content…
Her family was a family of intellectual experience. They had owned a family magazine that was doing fairly well. During the start of World War I, Cannan had volunteered for the Oxford Voluntary Aid Detachment. She had also helped to publish government propaganda. For a month she had went down to Rouen, France to help to wounded soldiers and provided care to them. While her she had written her most known poem “Rouen”
After Volunteering she had begun to write her poetry books. In the year 1917 from her poetry book “In the war” she had wrote a poem called “After the War”. In this poem she talks about the women that wait at home not knowing if their husband or boyfriend will return to them once again. She talks about how the world was happy and beautiful before and how it so empty and barren after the war. May really did show how it was to be a women during these time and not only did the men have to struggle with the war.
All Quiet on the Western Front is a war novel that was written by German war veteran Erich Maria Remarque. The book was first published in a German Newspaper and a few years later was published as a few books. With the outbreak of World War II, his book a had gained popularity and was hated over there. He had moved to the United States of America in the year 1939 and had stayed there for the remainder of the
Siegfried Sassoon was a child that was born into …show more content…
Her family was a family of intellectual experience. They had owned a family magazine that was doing fairly well. During the start of World War I, Cannan had volunteered for the Oxford Voluntary Aid Detachment. She had also helped to publish government propaganda. For a month she had went down to Rouen, France to help to wounded soldiers and provided care to them. While her she had written her most known poem “Rouen”
After Volunteering she had begun to write her poetry books. In the year 1917 from her poetry book “In the war” she had wrote a poem called “After the War”. In this poem she talks about the women that wait at home not knowing if their husband or boyfriend will return to them once again. She talks about how the world was happy and beautiful before and how it so empty and barren after the war. May really did show how it was to be a women during these time and not only did the men have to struggle with the war.
All Quiet on the Western Front is a war novel that was written by German war veteran Erich Maria Remarque. The book was first published in a German Newspaper and a few years later was published as a few books. With the outbreak of World War II, his book a had gained popularity and was hated over there. He had moved to the United States of America in the year 1939 and had stayed there for the remainder of the