All Quiet On the Western Front‚ written by Erich Maria Remarque‚ is a war novel based on World War 1 with the German/French front. In this novel‚ Remarque applies the changes the war makes on the soldiers a probable and dependable theme throughout the novel that plays a climactic role in the growth of the characters. A soldier must fight against the physical and mental threats every second on the battlefield. Throughout the novel a young man named Paul Baumer‚ a 19 year old german soldier‚ narrates
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War is a terrible reality where people commit heinous atrocities that always end in suffering‚ but unfortunately war is also powerful enough to convince many that “it is sweet... to die for your country”(Owen). Spoken by famous British poet Wilfred Owen‚ a WWI soldier who sarcastically expressed the constant false interpretations of war‚ this quote illustrates the simple brainwashing statements that are frequently told to generations of young men in hopes of convincing them to travel down the unfortunate
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10:00 All Quiet on the Western Front not only brings you into the war scene and provides you with a vivid description of the war‚ but provides you with an opportunity to analyze and take in just how hard the war was on the soldiers who fought for their countries. This book brings you into the war scene and often times has you thinking about just how powerful a war can be on its soldiers. Not only does it depict the war but it brings its audience into a first person’s account of the war and their
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once said‚ “All wars are civil wars because all men are brothers” (BrainyQuotes). Every man no matter what country he is from is interrelated. Whether someone is Christian or Catholic‚ they both believe in God; whether an American is Democratic or Republic they both agree on a democracy‚ and whether someone is Chinese or German‚ both are human beings. Throughout war every army man faces the horrors of watching their comrade’s die and the act of firing on a fellow human being. In All Quiet on the Western
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Jenna Long Mrs. Schumann English 8 November 2012 All Quiet on the Western Front All Quiet on the Western Front is a very dramatic movie about how WWI affected a young group of soldiers. The war affected the soldier’s whole self; it affected them emotionally‚ physically‚ and mentally. War can hurt anyone’s emotions. Being exposed to such terrible things can really change a person. When the soldiers got to their training camps they were excited and eager to fight for their country
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All Quiet on the Western Front Paul Baumer leaves for the western front a young boy‚ but as All Quiet on the Western Front goes on‚ Paul becomes more of a soulless soldier. Multiple events while fighting for Germany caused Paul to become this way. He began pushing away his family‚ friends‚ everyone‚ everything. This was a technique he used to survive. He cut off all emotions to become the best possible soldier he could be. When Paul and his friends signed up to go overseas‚ and fight for Germany
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All Quiet on The Western Front is an autobiographical novel written by German WWI veteran Erich Maria Remarque and was published in 1928. What makes this novel so unique and enticing is Remarque’s personal insight on the war which comes from his experiences in WWI. Remarque wrote All Quiet on the Western Front in order to overcome his own traumas that had set in after the war. Remarque was a militant pacifist after his time serving in the German army and bluntly exposes the horrors of war in hopes
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Bradford Period 3 March 13‚ 2013 “All Quiet On the Western Front” Book Review “All quiet on the western front” was a war story of a young man’s life during World War 1. The book was told from a different perspective then war books I have previously read before; it showed the German soldiers life and how they perceived the war. It explained harsh events that happened and brutal situations that the Germans endured. This book takes in the western front where Paul‚ the main character is stationed
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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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What Has War Made Me? War can do many horrible things to its soldiers‚ but it can also save them from themselves. All Quiet on the Western Front written by Erich Maria Remarque is a testament of Paul Bäumer. He and seven classmates enlist in World War I. They experience and witness unspeakable violence becoming soldiers. More violence than anyone should ever see. It corrupts most of the soldier’s minds because of the trauma that they have faced. Although war dehumanized many of the young men
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