animals. He uses animalistic imagery to do this. The claustrophobic recruit referred to in this quote can’t stand being in the trench for another second. He begins to listen to reason‚ but then‚ his emotions get the better of him. Being out on the front has caused the recruit to act differently than he otherwise would have. The stress and fear caused him to snap. 3. “If your own father came over with them you would not hesitate to fling a bomb into him.” Ch.6P. This quote relates to the theme
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All Quiet On The Western Front : Quotes KEY ; Quotes‚ Source‚ My opinion/own words. Key words Lost Generation – (young boys leaving school and going to war for their country) (Page 85) ‘’That’s what set us apart and made our parents’ world a little difficult for us to understand; because somehow we were always gently bound up with that world‚ submissive to it all‚ and the smallest thing led us onwards along the path of eternity. Perhaps it was just the privilege of our youth – we were not
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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 one thing they all agree on: the event provoked a seismic response” (Eksteins 10). Similarly‚ there are many accounts of what happened during The Great War‚ however‚ there is no accurate description of soldiers’ experiences. There are many resemblances between the opening night of Le Sacre du printemps and The Great War‚ but the resemblance that stands out the most is the different experiences each spectator had from both of these events. In “All Quiet on The Western Front‚” Erich Remarque conveys
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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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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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World War I ended. But yet another war had broken out‚ this time with the Germans and the Japanese. It seems that the war to end all wars wasn’t the end of them all. It’s now the year 1945‚ and World War II is still in the works. Bryant didn’t want to fly overseas to total war‚ but war‚ war never changes. First of all‚ Bryant was dreading leaving the United States‚ but all military personnel were required to. Just imagining the battle cries and the smell of gunpowder made him cringe. Upon arrival at
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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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Both Paul Baumer of Erich Maria Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front and Brutus of Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Julius Caesar are innocent and trusting when introduced to the reader‚ but after experiencing indescribable pain‚ both become realistic stoics without hope for a better life. Both characters’ naiveté leads them to make a fatal error. Because of their mistakes‚ Paul and Brutus suffer horrifying experiences and must do things that they later regret. The trauma that they must live through
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