War‚ what is it good for. What seems to be just a catchy song from the late 60’s‚ actually has an accurate depiction of the gruesome wars this world has gone through. In All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque‚ WWI soldiers learn the cold hard facts about how nothing good comes out of wars. Not everyone is born a fighter‚ some are peer pressured into volunteering not knowing the treacherous path ahead of them. Throughout the book Remarque uses symbolism to express the gruesome effects
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Growing up is difficult‚ but could you imagine feeling 50‚ before you have even turned 20 years old? Young boys leave their childhoods behind in the fight for their lives and country in the novel‚ All Quiet on the Western Front written by Erich Maria Remarque. This story follows the life of Paul Bäumer‚ a soldier fighting in World War I‚ who must overcome his greatest fears and the expectations to be the young‚ valiant soldier. The soldiers face pain‚ fear‚ and death as they learn how to survive
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Markus Zusak‚ Night by Elie Wiesel‚ and All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque focus on a specific war: World War II. During a time of fighting between the Allied Powers and the Central Powers‚ the authors of these books detail the different point of views of life in the twentieth century in a time of endless bloodshed. The Book Thief shows the perspective of a fictional young girl growing up in Nazi Germany whereas All Quiet on the Western Front shows what it was like to be a German
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Nationalism became the way to justify wars and mass executions. Hundreds of thousands of people died in wars fought in the name of nationalism. If war is such an awful thing‚ why would anyone desire it? Erich Maria Remarque’s war novel All Quiet on the Western Front gives an example of nationalism in Germany as a reason to become a soldier. The narrator of this novel introduces Kantorek‚ his schoolmaster. Kantorek was the person who had convinced the narrator’s class to enlist. Kantorek taught the
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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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Compare Gallipoli’ and All Quiet on the Western Front’ in terms of the: · Boys’ attitude to war · Reasons for enlistment · Experiences on the front How do these change their attitude to war? What does this tell you about the similarities and differences the Australian’s and German’s experiences? Analysis of Major Characters Paul Bäumer As the novel’s narrator and protagonist‚ Paul is the central figure in All Quiet on the Western Front and serves as the mouthpiece for Remarque’s meditations
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The First World War erupted only a decade into the twentieth century‚ and it defined civilizations for many subsequent years. Erich Maria Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front and Ernst Jünger’s The Storm of Steel both concern this war‚ however the two offer different perspectives of the war and its effects on societies and soldiers. The contrast between their accounts is seen in reactions to the enemy‚ feelings upon killing an “enemy” soldier‚ opinions of death in war‚ and reaction to the war
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Historian‚ Herodotus once stated‚ “In peace‚ sons bury their fathers. In war‚ fathers bury their sons”. The Great War as it was called that ran from 1914 to 1918 resulted in the unnecessary loss of many of the world’s youth. In the novel All Quiet on the Western Front‚ the author Erich Maria Remarque shares his traumatic experiences of being a young soldier at war through the character of Paul Bäumer. The book was published in 1929‚ and caused a lot of controversy at the time. This was due to the fact
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The Criticism of War and the Line of Duty in Renoir’s La Grande Illusion and Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front During the first half of the 20th century‚ humanity experienced two consecutive world wars that were among the deadliest in history. This was a new type of warfare that the world had never seen before. It had Napoleonic-style battles but‚ instead of muskets and swords‚ they used machine guns and tanks; which produced countless more casualties. This horrible period of tension and
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World War One‚ The Great War‚ or The War to End All Wars lasted between summer 1914 to the fall of 1918. This period of destruction would be fought between the Allies‚ consisting of Great Britain‚ Italy‚ France‚ and later the United States‚ and the Central Powers made up of mainly Germany. An estimated 17 millions soldiers and civilians are said to have died in the war. Motives for countries entering the war included a series of alliances and agreements tying countries together‚ nationalism‚ and
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