come‚ they can take nothing from me‚ they can take nothing anymore. I am so alone and so without hope that I can confront them without fear" (Chapter 12). These final‚ melancholy thoughts occur just before his young and untimely death. In All Quiet on the Western Front‚ Erich Maria Remarque creates Paul Bäumer to represent a whole generation of men who are known to history as the "lost generation." Eight million men died in battle‚ twenty-one million were injured‚ and over six and a half million noncombatants
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AP Card for All Quiet in the Western Front 1. Title and Author • All Quiet in the Western Front is a novel written by Erich Maria Remarque Date of Publication • January 29‚ 1929 Type of Work • All Quiet in the Western Front is a novel Period in Literary Tradition • Modern 2. Central Idea • The horrors of World War I had many effects on the expendable soldiers and left them feeling traumatized‚ alienated‚ desensitized‚ and physically damaged. 3. Historical‚ Political‚ or Social Context
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All Quiet on the Western Front is the story of Paul Baumer’s experience during world war one. In my opinion‚ the novel is a reflection on the nationalism of German soldiers due to the lack of nationalism in experienced soldiers and the consequences nationalism has for the soldiers. All Quiet on the Western Front is a reflection of the nationalism of German soldiers due to nationalism’s absence in the experienced soldiers. Paul explains that his school teacher convinced many young men to join in
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the testimonies given by effected people are dehumanization‚ dislocation‚ and alienation; but they also have contrasts that can be seen through nationalism‚ technological advancements‚ and the coming home for many
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All Quiet on the Western Front a novel by Erich Maria Remarque‚ who was also a German veteran from World War I. Remarque’s novel is about a young German named Paul Bäumer who joins the Imperial German military with his friends and goes to fight on the Western Front during World War I. Paul and his friends were encouraged by Kantorek‚ their teacher‚ to join the German army because it was a patriotic thing to do. When they reach the Western Front‚ they begin to realize the horrors of war. Paul is given
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embrace nationalism. The concept of nationalism pops up somewhere in the early-to-mid-1800s. This word came to mean a devotion to one’s country. For some people‚ that devotion turned fanatical. Nationalism became the way to justify wars and mass executions. Hundreds of thousands of people died in wars fought in the name of nationalism. If war is such an awful thing‚ why would anyone desire it? Erich Maria Remarque’s war novel All Quiet on the Western Front gives an example of nationalism in Germany
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All Quiet on the Western Front January 2‚ 2000 1. In the movie “All Quiet on the Western Front”‚ the German soldiers were sent into the battlefield thinking that they were going to win. The inexperienced boys were persuaded in to fighting and dying for the victory of their country. This brought on a profound sense of disillusionment with the values of Western Civilization. In the German soldier’s view they were looking to win the war and take over territory. Such
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Erich Maria Remarque‚ the author of the prestigious novel “All Quiet on the Western Front” was born on June 22‚ 1898‚ and had a first hand insight on the war the book is based on‚ the first World War. Before he started his career as a writer‚ Remarque started his fight for the German army at the age of 18. Remarque’s previous military history helped shape his story behind the book. The characters Remarque chose for “All Quiet on the Western Front” portrays his personal thoughts and experiences. The relationship
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------------------------------------------------- All Quiet on the Western Front Essay The novel All Quiet on the Western Front‚ written by Erich Maria Remarque (1898-1970) in Switzerland‚ tells the story of 6 German soldiers who volunteered to fight in the first World War‚ and it describes their demise intellectually‚ spiritually‚ and physically. All Quiet on the Western Front displays all of the anguish one would expect in any war novel‚ but it also exposes the horrors of a new kind of war
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Erich Maria Remarque ’s All Quiet on the Western Front is without a doubt one of the most real adaptations of World War I and the effects on its participants that has ever been written. With its simple‚ clear cut‚ and to the point style of writing‚ it is able to capture as close to the true experience of the war as possible. Because of this‚ readers do not have to search through pages of fancy wording and over the top descriptions to find the reality of what Remarque is saying. War is not something
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