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    you can visualize what horrific events the soldiers are going through. All Quiet on the Western Front and “Dulce Et Decorum Est” exploit literary devices to affirm the horrors of war. Erich Maria Remarque and Wilfred Owen emphasize poetic language with the use of personification‚ simile‚ and imagery. An idea or animal that is nonhuman‚ is bequeathed with human virtues. In Erich Maria Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front he emphasizes poetic language by giving the idea human virtues. Remarque

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    One behind the German Frontlines what would should a person do to stay alive and to stay well enough to survive another day in war? Erich Maria Remarque‚ the author of the realistic war novel All Quiet on the Western Front . All Quiet on the Western Front categorizes itself as “The greatest war novel of all time” so the genre of the book is realistic fiction and a war novel. The book depicts a story of young adults that enlist in the army and fights for the german frontlines while in war many of

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    Enrich Maria Remarque: A Militant Pacifist The First World War was a horrible experience for all sides involved‚ no one was immune to the effects of this global conflict‚ and each country was changed in many ways. Erich Maria Remarque was drafted into World War I at age 18. In 1929 Remarque’s first book All Quiet on the Western Front was published. Throughout the book‚ the death and destruction caused by battle is clearly shown. Remarque’s novel is a statement against war‚ focusing dramatically

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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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    II. Erich Maria Remarque as a Poet A. Earlier background before he ventured into war novels B. Early critics on his works C. Developments as a war novelist III. The Nature of Love in Remarque’s Works A. “All Quiet on the Western Front” B. “Flotsam” IV. Conclusion Draga 1 Erich Maria Remarque’s Works as Representations of the Nature of Love “We have to believe in the future‚ in a better future. The world wants peace …”

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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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    Both the poem‚ The Man with the Broken Fingers and the novel All Quiet on the Western Front have unique similarities and differences. They both deal with war. The Man with the Broken Finger is a poem by Carl Sandburg and was written about World War II. All Quiet on the Western Front is a novel written by Erich Remarque and it deals with World War I. Erich Remarque was born in Germany and his novel All Quiet on the Western Front its characters are members of the German military. Carl Sandburg is from

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    Distant from home during a time of misery and struggle begins to make a victim of suffering change their perspective on life. The memoir‚ “Night” by Elie Wiesel‚ novel “All Quiet on the Western Front‚” by Erich Maria Remarque‚ and Life is Beautiful‚ directed by Roberto Benigni‚ all central around ordinary people whose lives change exponentially when either at war or captured during the Holocaust. Their government turns them to hostages‚ taking away their past lives. They crumble into immense feelings

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    space to talk about its thematic reason‚ there are many commonalities between books and poems. “All Quiet on the Western Front” was written by Erich Maria Remarque. The theme of the novel can be related to the theme of “Peace” by Rupert Brooke. The theme of both the novel and the book is “war destroys innocence”. The poem and the novel both display many examples of this. In “All Quiet on the Western Front” it explains how even though in war the soldiers may have survived the attacks‚ they were did

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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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