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    All Quiet on the Western Front and The Sufferings of Young Werther: a comparison. All Quiet on the Western Front and The Sufferings of Young Werther are books that have impacted literature in ways no one ever dreamed. All Quiet on the Western Front was one of the first popular books that were written from the perspective of a solider that was on the German side. This allowed for a whole new side of the war to be seen. It also showed how the soldiers struggled to cope with the world around them and

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    English 2 Betrayal of The Youth and The Extinction of a Generation 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

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    Throughout the novel All Quiet on the Western Front‚ the author Erich Maria Remarque‚ explores the effects of war through both literary and structural techniques. Remarque himself being involved in the war‚ writes from the perspective of young German soldiers who were on duty during the World War One campaign. Using various literary techniques‚ Remarque is able to convey the effects of war through the destruction of natural imagery‚ the displacement experienced by the soldiers as well as the loss

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    AQWF Essay "Let the months and years 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" War is a political hotbed. Regardless of the warring nations’ reasons or the outcome‚ in the wake of the battle‚ the soldier‚ or country’s hero‚ actually becomes the victim. Youth is sacrificed‚ lives are lost‚ and the survivors are forever altered. In the novel‚ All Quiet on the Western Front‚ written by Erich Maria

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    __ All Quiet on the western front and how it relates to "Insensibility" by Wilfred Owen Submitted by: Marilyn Thipthorpe I think this movie is a classic masterpiece or example of Anti-war. It shows how war takes everything away from you especially your humanity. This movie was banned for about 4-5 years after its release because of its in-depth effect on people due to the war. In this movie we get a young German group (who haven’t even passed out of College yet) who have been recruited in

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    A SONG TO END ALL WAR 2-PART TREBL] issaurga Festivafl Youtlr eh*ir @ 2 PROGRAM NOTE ABOUT THE COMPOSER From my first encorurter I have had a special resonance with Bill Wortell’s art - both his sculpture and his words. His writing entitled The Shaman of Brotherhood (Lullaby for War) holds special significance in our present world. There’s a certain sense of frustration‚ yet hopefulness at the same time. If only we could find the right melody‚ David L. Brunner is acclaimed as a dynamic conductor

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    During World War I‚ countless soldiers naively enlisted into the army‚ unaware of the harsh realities that lied before them. In the novel‚ All Quiet on the Western Front‚ Erich Maria Remarque tells the story of Paul Baumer‚ a German soldier stationed in northeastern France. This was a time period when war was unjustly glorified and only the soldiers understood the battles with their conscience that would follow their deployment. When they first entered the war‚ Paul and his friends were excited

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    Sredni Vashtar A sickly ten-year-old boy lives a miserable life in the house of his domineering cousin guardian. However‚ He would not live another 5 years of his life because he is sick. He creates a fantasy religious cult in a garden shed‚ where his idols are a hen and a ferret. He is a lonely and imaginative young boy. One day he bought a polecat-ferret and named it Sredni Vashtar. Conradin lived with Mrs De Ropp‚ his guardian. She is the one who took care of Conradin and responsible to serve

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    Other war novels have tried to lighten the mood of war or conceal some of the real facts that make war seem horrific. For example‚ Remarque holds nothing back when he describes the scene of injured horses during a bombardment‚ "Some gallop away in the distance‚ fall down‚ and then run on farther. The belly of one is ripped open‚ the guts trail out. He becomes entangled in them and falls‚ then he stands

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    In All Quiet on the Western Front‚ author Erich Maria Remarque reinforces the idea that war is horrific‚ through his use of visual‚ auditory‚ and tactile imagery. Towards the end of the second chapter of the book‚ Remarque begins to disillusionize the glorious imagery of war by describing the death of Kemmerich‚ a German soldier and a fellow classmate of the protagonist Paul. Paul and his other classmates that enlisted sit by Kemmerich’s deathbed‚ illustrating the mourning for their comrade by saying

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