book All Quiet on the Western Front‚ Erich Maria Remarque‚ who was a German soldier in World War I‚ used his experience and vivid details to tell the story of a young protagonist facing the dangers and hardships of war. Remarque was born into a poor family‚ but he had a happy childhood that was filled with music‚ poetry‚ and stories. He was drafted in 1916‚ and the very next year‚ he was wounded‚ which ended up giving him time to write while recovering in the hospital. All Quiet on the Western Front
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The demographic of adults who write autobiographies do so largely because of some type of silence they faced in childhood‚ and possibly into their adult life. This silence can often be attributed to a hardship faced at some time during their life which the authors overcame and are ready to delve into how that affected them as adults. In Catherine Madison’s The War Came Home with Him‚ she recounts not only her struggles as a child growing up in the aftermath of a war‚ but also the struggles of a man
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*(First) (M.) (Last) IB/AP Candidate HL English: World Literature Assignment 7 November 2014 The Irony of Of Mice and Men and All Quiet on the Western Front Erich Maria Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front takes place on a war ground where the French and Germans battle‚ yet John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men takes place on a ranch where two men travel together looking for work. The plots of both stories may sound different‚ but they relate in ways of irony‚ innocence‚ and thoughtfulness
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and questioned the motive of everybody in the classroom. However‚ Abraham Maslow created a five-level table that helps prioritize these needs‚ called the Hierarchy of Needs. This was used to compare Falling Leaves and All Quiet on the Western Front. All Quiet on the Western Front was a story of a raging war‚ where a soldier is highlighted in his fight for freedom. In this novel‚ the main character; Paul is battling for his life and struggling maintain his basic physical needs. At war‚ he is prepared
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A Separate Peace Both the movie and the book share a basic concept of showing an understanding of a story being told. The book does a more in depth explanation and a better job of narrating the story. John Knowles novel‚ A Separate Peace‚ is a story about a destructive and corrupt relationship between Finny and Gene who both attend Devon School around World War ll where most boys went off to fight in the army not realizing there was already a war created within themselves‚ hence the title‚ A
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All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque is a fictional novel based on Remarque’s own experiences in World War I. Remarque uses view of a soldier Paul Bäumer to expose the horrors of the war. Bäumer’s first person narration creates the effects of intimacy‚ isolation and drama. Bäumer’s narration puts the reader directly in the middle of the action. It creates a sense of closeness between the reader and the story. It feels as though Bäumer is speaking directly to the reader‚ creating
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A response passing judgment on All Quiet on the Western Front Remarque opens the book “All Quiet on the Western Front” with an epitaph of “This book is to be neither an accusation nor a confession‚ and least of all an adventure‚ for death is not an adventure to those who stand face to face with it. It will try simply to tell of a generation of men who‚ even though they may have escaped its shells‚ were destroyed by the war.” The readers may ask: why the writter says that the book is not an accusation
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survived. He mentions how when they are fighting‚ they barely get any sleep and that the war wouldn’t be as bad if they had more time to rest. Certain charaters are then introduced: Albert Kropp‚ Müller‚ Leer‚ (and the narrator) Paul Baümer. They are all nineteen-year-old volunteers for the war and were from the same class. Additionally‚ there are Tjaden‚ Haie Westhus‚ Detering‚ and Stanislaus Katczinsky. During meal time‚ the cook had prepared food for 150 men‚ but when the cook realizes that only
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soldiers unfortunately were not able to put them on in time. The narrator (Owen)‚ who is a soldier‚ lost his comrade right before his own eyes. The third couplet shows us that the narrator is asking himself whether or not this is a dream when he says “In all my dreams before my helpless
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Paper World War I was one of the bloodiest wars with over 31 million deaths‚ wounded‚ and missing people. It took place from 1914- 1919 against the Allies and the Central powers. One of the greatest books that show the truth of the war is _All Quiet on the Western Front_. The main character in the novel‚ Paul‚ is a German soldier who is only19 years old when he volunteers. Paul is a hopeless‚ brave‚ caring soldier who is still trying to figure out who he is. Through out the novel Paul shows that he
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