soul who suffered a traumatic event. In All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque‚ the German soldiers shift from fresh-out-of-high-school kids to shameless killing machines after witnessing the horrors of World War I. In The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien‚ while fighting the Vietnam War without understanding its purpose the soldiers are changed after experiencing war’s brutality. Even though one cannot undergo the experience of being in a war zone or fighting for one’s homeland‚ many
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I believe that “Passchendaele” was a better film than “All Quiet on the Western Front.” I think this because‚ Passchendaele had a more enticing and more interesting story‚ Passchendaele was visually more appealing‚ and Passchendaele was told from the Canadian side. All these reasons are why I believe that “Passchendaele” was a better film. I think “Passchendaele” had a more interesting story because; the story flowed nicely and was easier to understand what was going on. The story was about a
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A Psychoanalytic Interpretation of All Quiet on the Western Front Erich Maria Remarque‚ born Erich Paul Remark‚ published All Quiet on the Western Front in 1929. However‚ the novel was not an immediate success. Numerous people viewed it as an anti-war novel‚ which‚ in some way‚ it is. The Nazis were especially despondent towards his novel; they pursued Remarque‚ which ultimately forced him to flee to Switzerland. His German citizenship was revoked‚ and “His books were publically burned in Berlin”
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All Quiet on the Western Front Long Essay All Quiet on the Western Front was a story of a group of young children‚ nineteen years old or so‚ who enlisted in the military on the advice of one of their professors. They were told‚ and believed‚ that they would be seen as heroes in everyone’s eyes‚ and that they were doing such great things for their country and showing extreme nationalism and patriotism. As the months went on‚ fighting on the front lines‚ these men realized that this life was nothing
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Character Analysis Paper World War I was a brutal and murderous fight. Over 38 million people suffered casualties with 17 million deaths and around 20 million soldiers were wounded during the war. Soldiers showed courage by fighting and learned how important it is to trust other men. They faced hard conditions and suffered many injuries. In the novel‚ All Quiet on The Western Front‚ Erich Maria Remarque portrays the main character‚ Paul Baümer‚ as a superior comrade‚ a smart decision-maker‚ and
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WHAT DID THE MOVIE‚ “ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT”; TELL YOU ABOUT WORLD WAR 1 AND WARFARE IN GENERAL‚ USE MOVIE EXAMPLES. Gunshots and bombs blowing up all around you‚ blood and guts flying everywhere‚ as you dodge bullets‚ and listen to the low guttural sounds and high pitched screams of men dying all around you on both sides. In the movie‚ I really learned about war and warfare. You really can’t understand just how heart wrenching and scary it can be while ducking bullets and watching
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destroyed by the war” (Remarque Preface). All Quiet on the Western Front‚ written by Erich Maria Remarque‚ tells a story of a young soldier‚ as he and his friends fight for the German army during World War I. The novel is narrated from the point of view of Paul Bäumer. He is nineteen years old and‚ like many of his classmates‚ he joins the German army. The story follows as they fight through the horrid experiences of trench warfare. Unlike many other war novels‚ All Quiet on the Western Front does not attempt
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1917 he was transferred to the Western Front‚ 2nd Company‚ Reserves‚ Field Depot of the 2nd Guards Reserve Division. In late July of the same year‚ Remarque was wounded by shrapnel in the left leg‚ right arm‚ and neck. He then spent the remainder of the war in an Army hospital in Germany. It is important to note these experiences‚ because as an author‚ this time in combat gave Remarque an unprecedented level of insight into the life of a soldier in the Great War. The first-hand account from the
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including Erich Maria Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front. Using advanced technology‚ the globe can see Paul Bäumer’s story being vividly retold. However‚ there are both strength and weakness about the film adaptation of the novel. For All Quiet on the Western Front‚ even though both novel and movie portray the main idea‚ the movie version lacks effective emotions and descriptive details as the novel abounds in them. Using the main universal truth of dehumanization of war‚ Remarque presents to us
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page 105‚ and Paul Baümer clarifies that the tanks resemble war more than anything else on page 282. This potentially means that tanks began to become more important and deadly during the war. The Germans trenches had been damaged so heavily during the war that German soldiers had to begin fighting from shell-holes (277). Also‚ to look good for the Kaiser‚ the soldiers drill hard for eight days‚ only to see the man and return to war as usual (201-202). As weaponry advanced (i.e. tanks‚ flamethrowers
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