Erich Maria Remarque’s account of life as a soldier in World War I‚ as described in All Quiet on the Western Front‚ paints a shockingly realistic portrait of the horrors of war and how it affects the men who experienced trench warfare firsthand. Remarque draws upon his own experience as a soldier and tells his story through Paul Bäumer‚ the novel’s main character‚ who is a young German man who is sent to serve his nation on the battlefield. Remarque uses Bäumer to convey the significant psychological
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novel‚ turned movie‚ All Quiet on The Western Front‚ is very useful in helping to understand the many social and cultural difficulties soldiers faced in WW1 during the period of 1914-1918. One could argue that the given film is reliable‚ but being a secondary source this is arguable. AQOTWF exhibits the saviour physical‚ and mental stress German soldiers of World War 1 encountered‚ and the raw emotional detachment from civilian life displayed by many on returning home from the front. The film has a strong
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All Quiet on the Western Front‚ written in 1929 by Erich Maria Remarque‚ is superficially the story of one soldiers’ journey in World War 1 and his eventual death. Beneath this‚ however‚ Remarque has composed a literary treasure which‚ above all‚ seeks to illustrate war as that which is engrained in the nucleus of humanity and through the hugely negative effects of war depicted‚ seeks to question humanities apparent advancement through its need to engage in such a futile exercise as war. Remarque’s
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and questioned the motive of everybody in the classroom. However‚ Abraham Maslow created a five-level table that helps prioritize these needs‚ called the Hierarchy of Needs. This was used to compare Falling Leaves and All Quiet on the Western Front. All Quiet on the Western Front was a story of a raging war‚ where a soldier is highlighted in his fight for freedom. In this novel‚ the main character; Paul is battling for his life and struggling maintain his basic physical needs. At war‚ he is prepared
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In this part of the book the group starts finally seeing some action happening around them‚ there are patrol helicopters flying overhead in the desert‚ and they constantly have to take cover. One day they are behind some rocks and hear gunfire‚ they begin to engage the enemies in combat‚ yet they notice the sound of the guns they are using are the sound an MP5‚ a sub-machine gun‚ and that the Bzadians don’t use those guns‚ they use ones from their own technology. This enemy makes them surrender
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Throughout the whole movie‚ the idea of bringing honour to Germany is always mentioned and that is one of the reasons of why Paul had joined the army and gave his life for it. At the beginning of the movie‚ Paul’s teacher kept talking about how they are all grown up men now‚ that are about to graduate so they should start to fulfill there duties as German citizens and repay back their country. Kantorek kept speaking about the glory of Germany and that everyone should be proud to be German; he mentioned
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But eventually we got what we came for. Our “breakfast” consisted of undercooked eggs‚ grits‚ and on special occasions‚ any type of meat. Still‚ we ate the hell out of it. It was one of 2 meals a day‚ and the one that mattered the most. With all the fighting going on during the day‚ we needed the extra energy. Without saying a word‚ we finished our food quickly and walked to our briefing section of the trench. As we were walking‚ we could hear some of the other soldiers talking about what
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Summer reading Night 1). Crimes are committed in many situations. In some of those situations one is not always able to assist the target and extinguish the aggressor. Throughout the novel Night Elie witnesses his father being beaten multiple times by gypsy Kapos and SS guards. It is his silence that reflects both his understanding and his incapability. It reflects his understanding because he knows he can’t possibly overtake the guards‚ in a way he admits defeat. It displays his incapacity (and
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echoing through the night‚ imprinting the sharp noise in his ears. He could hear the wretched sounds of choking men gasping for breath‚ coughing up blood as they were gutted by the demonic metal of the invading savages. And Colbren knew that among all this‚ his father was lost somewhere in the melee. He stopped. Around him laid the bodies of comrades and friends‚ puddles of blood surrounding their corpses‚ their flesh blackened and charred. On the ground next to many their heads laid severed‚ visages
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Battle also depicted an untraditional perspective of good and evil. The point of view of the film supported the side of the FLN and painted the French in a bad light. Often‚ the FLN would be characterized as terrorists for their acts in order to try and obtain independence. While the FLN did use terrorism‚ they also revealed the brutality the Algerians faced at the hands of the French. Traditionally‚ due to Euro-centric teaching of history‚ Algerians were made-up to inhumane and immoral. However
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