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
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Throughout the story‚ All Quiet on the Western Front can be classified in many themes that befits the novel written by Erich Maria Remarque. The journey includes how people changed their definition of war‚ correlating to what they experienced‚ a taste of how it felt‚ feeling as if it changed them mentally and physically. Before and after the war‚ the experiences gained affected them‚ throughout the whole novel as the theme of identity appears‚ defining the concept of war. As if words are not enough
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All Quiet on the Western Front In the novel ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ by Erich Maria Remarque‚ the main character Paul Bäumer’s development shows the horrors of the First World War and the effect it had on the young men who fought in it. Paul Bäumer is the main character whom is nineteen years old‚ Bäumer volunteered for the army along side four of his classmates. Some parts in the novel is written in past tense when Paul Bäumer is collecting his thoughts. Most of the novel is written
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"All Quiet On The Western Front: War and Authority Corruption" It is always easier to say how you would respond to war while looking upon it as an outsider who has seen little outside of movies and pictures. We tell ourselves "I could never imagine doing that"‚ or "How could any human be so corrupt?" That is what we say‚ but I wonder what those same men said just prior to their war time experience. Surely they would not follow the same path that so many before them had‚ choosing to
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pretends to be dead. While feigning death‚ an enemy soldier enters the crater. Paul quickly reacts and strike at the enemy with his dagger‚ fatally wounding the soldier. In a later chapter‚ Paul explains why he reacted so quickly. War has turned all the soldiers into "unthinking animals in order to give us the weapon of instinct." This primal instinct is one of survival; it is the only thing that matters during war. It allows the soldiers to remain calm in battle‚ it allows them to escape solitude
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In All Quiet on the Western Front‚ the soldiers depicted experience many hardships throughout their daily lives. Among these hardships is a lack of luxuries which are taken for granted by most‚ but feel necessary when they are no longer available. Particularly‚ the comfort that a woman provides‚ as described in the novel‚ is a very important aspect of life which has been deprived from the soldiers. Throughout the book‚ discussion about women amongst the men on the front line was a rarity. However
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Decline of Morality The novel All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque shows that war destroys more than just the physical level; the decline of morality has taken place through various circumstances in the novel such as: then incident where Paul Baumer is forced to kill a soldier in a shell hole‚ when Paul lies to his mother and the mother of his dead friend Kemmerich and when Paul and Kat must beat a recruit unconscious to stop him from leaving the trench; these incidents can
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In Erich Maria Remarque’s novel All Quiet on the Western Front the meaning of desensitization is manifested through the ability to have a tender heart is vilified. The brutally inhumane experiences the participants face demonstrate how war does not allow for and eminently discourages having a tender heart. The experience of war tends to strip a person of their humanity and natural human empathy and when the realization of such becomes palpable there is a desperate want or need to feel something
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Arthur Tsao 25 January 2011 Ritchie 1 All Quiet on the Western Front: Literary Log #1 “We learned that a bright button is weightier than four volumes of Schopenhaur. At first astonished‚ then embittered‚ and finally indifferent‚ we recognized that what matters is not the mind but the boot brush‚ not intelligence but the system‚ not freedom but drill” (22). In this quote‚ Remarque explains the differences between valuable material and knowledge. The imagery he describes compares “educational”
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Stayed for a moment all embracing Prince‚ my brothers‚ myself and Claude‚ afterwards slowly started walking in the middle of a meadow towards a house visible in the distance when suddenly appeared the farmer friend of the priest on the other side of the border who together with his wife drove us to his house and offer us a meal and hot tea. Aunt Esther would come looking for us the following day‚ they contacted her and would be responsible for all formalities for us to stay in Switzerland
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