War is a very controversial topic for many people. Depending on the person’s outlook on the war‚ it can be depicted as something good or bad. War brings destruction wherever it goes‚ whether it is on a place or the people‚ and it ultimately is inevitable. War also protects a country from having further destruction and keeps the people at home safe from any danger. As a person can see in many recordings of war‚ there are many comparisons and contrasts that are expressed through soldiers‚ veterans
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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. Machine guns had never been
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The novel‚ “All Quiet on the Western Front” is seen as an anti-war novel that shows war being devastating to our countries and more debilitating to our soldiers. The novel shows German soldiers being disturbed mentally‚ physically and socially for the rest of their lives. War can also cause the soldier to show detachment from civilian life. When one is put into a violent environment‚ it can directly/indirectly affect one’s physical and mental composure. When one is put into a brutal environment
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film “All Quiet on the Western Front” based on the novel written by Erich Maria Remarque‚ chronicles the horrors of World War I through the eyes of a German soldier named Paul Bäumer. Along with his friends‚ Paul enlists to join the army with the enthusiasm and honor to be able to serve their country. However‚ their eagerness to fight is lost as they witness the brutality of the war through deadly battles along the western front. Paul is driven to despair as he painfully watches the war kill his
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In a time period filled with war and conflict‚ the novel All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque is a difficult read due to the heavy topic it pertains to. The story begins with Paul Bӓumer and his friends from school joining the army. They joined because they thought war would be honorable thanks to Kantorek‚ their teacher. After their ten weeks of training and their first two weeks of being on the front lines‚ only eighty of the one hundred fifty men return. Paul’s friend‚ Franz
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Trenches War is defined as a state or period of fighting between countries or groups. In the mind of a soldier‚ war is not as simply clear cut as the words on a piece of paper state. War has many levels that are only explored physically and mentally by the soldier lying on the battlefield in the soundly chaos of the explosions. The utter madness of war sticks in each nook and cranny of the soldier’s mind until his last breath. For Remarque‚ the author of All Quiet on the Western Front‚ World War I leaves
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WWI a war that killed seventeen million men‚ wounded twenty million more and physically and mentally destroyed the lives of countless men that suffered the rest of their lives from traumatic events that stated place in WWI. Erich Remarque brilliantly brings the tragedy into focus for the new generations in his historical novel All Quiet on the Western Front a book about physical and mental battles fought along the trenches of WWI. The story revolves around the early nineteen hundreds a group of
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million copies and enjoying translation into 55 languages‚ Erich Maria Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front has been a very successful novel. Upon the book’s publication in 1929 the book was an instant success in the war boom era‚ and is considered by many to be the greatest war novel of all time. The main character‚ Paul‚ accompanied by fellow comrades‚ demonstrates the difficulties faced on the front line of World War I and the hardships of returning home to a broken country. The immense struggles
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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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AllqAll Quiet on the Western Front In-Class Write A Training and Experience vs. Superstition‚ luck‚ chance‚ animal instinct SebastianApr.12/12During the summer of 1914‚ great nations from around the world found themselves with an opportunity to showcase their national pride and heroism through the global dilemma that was known as the Great War. Many of the top nations‚ such as Germany‚ did not care whether how many men it took as long as they won the war. As I read “All Quiet on the Western Front”
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