World War One was a very horrible and gruesome war in the early 20th century. According to Encyclopedia Britannica‚ about 8.5 million soldiers died during it‚ and there were over 37 million total casualties‚ making it one of the bloodiest conflicts in history. In the novel All Quiet on the Western Front‚ author Erich Maria Remarque describes the life of a WWI soldier and the effects it had on the men. Wilfred Owen wrote the poem Dulce et Decorum Est as a soldier during the war. Similarly‚ this poem
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Julian Bangash All Quiet on the Western Front‚ a soldier’s bloody account of World War I‚ was written by Erich Maria Remarque in 1929. It was first made into a movie in 1930‚ and then re-made in 1979 directed by Delbert Mann. All Quiet on the Western Front is the story of a young German named Paul Baumer who is drafted into the German Imperial Army along with many of his high school friends. They are sent to the battlefield on the German western front seeking glory and adventure only to discover
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Dresden Fire Bombing of World War II. The Dresden Fire Bombing was a massacre that was designed by the allies to kill as many German civilians as possible. Because of Vonnegut’s war torn mind‚ it took him nearly 25 years to write Slaughterhouse-Five‚ a fictionalized account of the fire bombing of Dresden and about the destructiveness of war. Slaughterhouse-Five has been widely criticized and condemned‚ and according to June Edwards‚ “The book is an indictment of war‚ criticizes government action
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The Different Memoirs of WWI World War I was an extremely violent and traumatic time for soldiers on the fronts of the war‚ but even though it was a dramatic time for these men the memoirs from the war was varied on the western front within the German ranks. Two well known books written by the German men were Storm of Steel‚ written by Ernest Junger‚ and All Quiet on the Western Front‚ written by Erich Maria Remarsque which were written on the same frontier‚ yet were different on many basic levels
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that. He is a boy that needs his friends to help him survive in World War I. In the novel of All Quiet on the Western Front‚ camaraderie proves itself to be the most prevailing connection between people. The narrator of this story is a young German teenager that was manipulated into enlisting in the army in World War I. The new soldier begins his story with his friends by his side‚ and as the war progresses‚ he loses them all. When Paul is offered to return home for a short couple weeks‚ he jumps
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“All Quiet on the Western Front” is a novel told by a nineteen-year-old by the name of Paul Bäumer. This novel is taken place in about 1914 until about 1918 during WWI. These men left everything behind including jobs‚ parents‚ wives‚ children‚ and dreams they hoped to eventually achieve. During this life journey the men take‚ they will begin to lose those who are close to them. Along with Paul were three others who had joined with him‚ Albert Kropp‚ Müller‚ and Leer. As well as four of their
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Erich Maria Remarque demonstrates‚ through the character of Paul Baumer‚ how World War I obliterates almost an entire generation of men. In the novel‚ All Quiet on the Western Front‚ these men‚ including Paul‚ no longer have a place in normal life and are incapable of relating with former generations. This is the result of the early involvement with the war‚ which lead to what is called the “lost generation”. Youth can be defined as the early period of existence and growth. These important years
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In All Quiet‚ Mister Remarque expresses his personal views in the form of symbols. As the reader reads through the book‚ the butterflies‚ the Earth‚ the horses‚ and Katczinsky have been used to symbolize more than they physically are in the story. Mister Remarque uses the surrogate father relationship between Paul and Katczinsky to illustrate the utter destructiveness of war. Paul’s relationship with his biological father was destroyed by the war‚ which compelled Paul to confide in Katczinsky. Mister
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Au contraire‚ in the West‚ the war was fought in France and Belgium where a feckless stalemate cost both sides heavily. Trench warfare quickly came to represent the Western front as both armies constructed elaborate trench networks‚ thus causing the deadlock for most of the duration of the war. The most common cause of battle casualties when in trenches was enemy artillery fire and to make matters worse; troops were not entirely safe from their artillery fire. The constant bombardment of artillery
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sorrow...." said by Paul Baumer during his time at war in All Quiet on the Western Front. This quote represents how the war changed Paul’s view and attitude toward life. Paul‚ a once hopeful‚ sensitive boy‚ enlisted into the war right out of school‚ faced traumatizing experiences that changed him into a lonely man who saw life in a bitter‚ pessimistic way. In All Quiet on the Western Front‚ Paul comes into the war as a young and optimistic boy. The war is a fresh start for Paul and he holds many traits
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