The book "All Quiet on the Western Front" by Erich Maria Remarque is set in a time of sorrow and discovery. WW1 bore some of the first advanced weaponry because of the allies necessity for greater protection from the enemies. That was a huge leap into what was to come in later wars as this artillery began to evolve into the complex ordnance of today. So much new weaponry was being developed and it was the Germans‚ who are the main focus in the book‚ who were ahead in developing tactics and technology
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All Quiet on the Western Front All Quiet on the Western Front Written by Erich Maria Remarque is a novel about young men who are fighting in the German army on the French front in World War I. The story expresses life in the war from the view point of Paul Baumer a young German soldier fighting for his life in the war. Throughout the novel‚ Remarque expresses vivid details based on his own experiences at war. “During World War I‚ Remarque was conscripted into the army at the age of 18. On June 12
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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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Jordan Divens Dr. Spicka History 106 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
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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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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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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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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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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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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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