with being back from war in many different ways. Writing a book that shows the reality of war is Remarques way of coping. Remarque‚using repetition on the emphasis of youth‚ omissing the real way Kemmerich died when he told Kemmerich’s mother‚ having Paul die on a regular and quiet day and using pathos to make one feel sympathy‚ wrote All Quiet on the Western Front as an anti-war novel. In the beginning of All Quiet on the Western Front‚ Remarque really emphasized on how Paul’s
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Accroding to the dictionary‚ war is defined as a state of hostility‚ conlict‚ antagonism and death. All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque tells the story about Paul Baumer‚ the narrator and protagonist of the book ‚ a neneteen year old German soldier who fights in the front lines of Western Europle during Wold War I and describs its synical hateful environment. The autobiographical book‚ Night by Elie Wiesel‚ takes place during The Holocaust. Elie‚ as a young Jewish boy witnessed mass
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We Are Lost The protagonist of the All Quiet on the Western Front‚ Paul Baumer‚ says‚ "I believe we are lost" (Remarque 123). The soldiers themselves recognize that they are part of a lost generation. They are‚ "forlorn like children‚ and experienced like old men" (123). Lost Generation is revealed in All Quiet on the Western Front through the young soldiers loss of innocence‚ loss of life‚ and loss of home. The First World War has no positive effect on the lives of the young soldiers. The soldiers
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still leaned toward themes of glory‚ adventure‚ and honor. In presenting his realistic version of a soldier’s experience‚ Remarque stripped that from war novels in his antiwar novel‚ All Quiet on the Western Front. Remarque accurately depicts both the physical and mental hardships of war. This novel should be read by all soldiers thinking of enlisting in the army for several reasons. First‚ the novel describes in detail the worst case scenarios associated with war. Soldiers would be able to make better
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and the feelings of nationalist pride were shared by all those involved. In France‚ Roland Dorgelès was a witness to the eagerness of the people in‚ which he writes about in That Fabulous Day. “Young and old‚ civilians and military men burned with the same excitement. It was like a Brotherhood Day.”1[1] Everyone was willing to do their part and fight for their country. However‚ on another side of things‚ in the book All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque‚ the brutal realities of war
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The Lost Generation In Erich Maria Remarque’s novel‚ All Quiet on the Western Front‚ Paul Bäumer and his generation feel separated from the rest of the world. These boys’ lives were drastically changed by the war‚ and “even though they may have escaped its shells‚ they were destroyed by the war‚” (Remarque Epigraph) describing that even though they survived the war physically‚they were mentally destroyed by the dangers and chaos of war. Paul expresses that “he has been crushed without knowing it”
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Throughout the entire book‚ many themes can be discovered by the readers‚ including patriotism‚ identity‚ sacrifice‚ and many others. However‚ one theme that appears very oftenly throughout the course of the novel is liberty. In many book‚ the theme liberty is an advance indication of a plot where the characters fight for liberty. However‚ in this book‚ “All Quiet on the Western Front‚” the theme signifies the lack of liberty throughout the experiences of almost all of the characters. Paul first
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Through Erich Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front the reader learns that war is not all combat and wounded men. It is brainwashing soldiers‚ forcing them to forget their homes and families. The war suffocates innocent people simply trying to serve their country‚ and turns them into living corpses. In the beginning of the book all the new soldiers are very excited. They are fresh into the war and ready to fight for their country. They bond over talk of their life at home and some of their
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“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 shells‚ were destroyed by the war” (Epigraph). In All Quiet on the Western Front‚ there are many themes present throughout the text. The most important of which‚ being the psychological effects that the war has on the soldiers. Out of all of the men
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Lauren Davis Mr. Furlong English 10 17 Sept. 2014 The horrors and Dehumanizing Effects on War Through out the appalling novel‚ All Quiet on the Western Front written by Erich Remarque‚ many themes were prevalent in the reading. The one theme that stood out most to me was the horrors and dehumanizing effects of war. Remarque‚ who fought in World War I himself‚ gives great details on how the solders live and the gruesome encounters. At the begging of the novel Paul expresses to us how dehumanizing
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