World War One‚ The Great War‚ or The War to End All Wars lasted between summer 1914 to the fall of 1918. This period of destruction would be fought between the Allies‚ consisting of Great Britain‚ Italy‚ France‚ and later the United States‚ and the Central Powers made up of mainly Germany. An estimated 17 millions soldiers and civilians are said to have died in the war. Motives for countries entering the war included a series of alliances and agreements tying countries together‚ nationalism‚ and
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events in human history. In Erich Maria Remarque’s book‚ All Quiet on the Western Front‚ he depicts the horrors of “the great war” by showing the complete disregard for human life in modern warfare. This war modeled the way that any future war would be fought. It would shape human history by completely changing the game of warfare and people’s opinions of it. Remarque shows‚ from his point of view‚ the terrors that happen on a daily basis on the front lines‚ and away from it‚ of World War One. World
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war‚ fathers bury their sons”. The Great War as it was called that ran from 1914 to 1918 resulted in the unnecessary loss of many of the world’s youth. In the novel All Quiet on the Western Front‚ the author Erich Maria Remarque shares his traumatic experiences of being a young soldier at war through the character of Paul Bäumer. The book was published in 1929‚ and caused a lot of controversy at the time. This was due to the fact that the political powers in Germany didn’t want the truth of war to be
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describes a soldier that is witnessing many harmful things that were going on during the war and causing this world’s destruction. Although‚ I believe there is also a hidden meaning. I believe that the poem symbolizes all the soldiers and people that were forgotten at war. All throughout our lives we are taught that there are good people in this world fighting for us and this country‚ we are standing here because of them‚ they are our heroes. As we grow older though we tend to forget and just carry
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The First World War erupted only a decade into the twentieth century‚ and it defined civilizations for many subsequent years. Erich Maria Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front and Ernst Jünger’s The Storm of Steel both concern this war‚ however the two offer different perspectives of the war and its effects on societies and soldiers. The contrast between their accounts is seen in reactions to the enemy‚ feelings upon killing an “enemy” soldier‚ opinions of death in war‚ and reaction to the war
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casualties‚ making it one of the bloodiest conflicts in history. In the novel All Quiet on the Western Front‚ author Erich Maria Remarque describes the life of a WWI soldier and the effects it had on the men. Wilfred Owen wrote the poem Dulce et Decorum Est as a soldier during the war. Similarly‚ this poem focused on describing a scene of tired‚ weary soldiers experiencing one of their comrades dying. Both All Quiet on the Western Front and Dulce et Decorum Est focus on showing the horrors of war‚ challenging
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Essentially‚ in Erich Remarque’s book All Quiet on the Western Front‚ the main character Paul Baumer is swayed to go to war to fight for his country. The society around him has made him believe war is a triumphant thing and feel as if he is obliged to fight for his country. Similarly‚ the Poem “Dulce et decorum est” by Wilfred Owen discusses the true atmosphere of war which contrasts the society’s acclaimed beliefs of it. Both works All Quiet On the Western Front and “Dulce et Decorum Est‚” aim
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When Word’s Come Alive “He is a craftsman of unquestionably first rank‚ a man who can bend language to his will.” This is how The New York Times Book Review describes Erich Maria Remarque’s writing in the novel All Quiet on the Western Front. Remarque uses figurative language to enhance his ideas. The most developed device he uses is personification because it grabs the reader’s attention and helps the reader understand the mood of the novel. One example of personification that pulls the reader
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two fronts; the Western Front and Eastern Front. The fronts were significantly different when it came to warfare‚ namely the tactics employed to deal with the French and British in the West‚ and the Russians in the East. What was supposed to be a quick victory became a complete failure in military movement and intelligence‚ and an underestimation of military mobilization. On the Western Front‚ Germans ran up against the British and French for over 400 miles. In comparison‚ the Eastern Front consisted
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The Different Memoirs of WWI World War I was an extremely violent and traumatic time for soldiers on the fronts of the war‚ but even though it was a dramatic time for these men the memoirs from the war was varied on the western front within the German ranks. Two well known books written by the German men were Storm of Steel‚ written by Ernest Junger‚ and All Quiet on the Western Front‚ written by Erich Maria Remarsque which were written on the same frontier‚ yet were different on many basic levels
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