All Quiet on the Western Front: Quote Bank | Chapter | Page Number | Quote | Analysis | Chpt 1 | Pg 8 | “… But it wasn’t easy to stay out of it because at that time even our parents used the word ‘coward’ at the drop of a hat. People simply didn’t have the slightest idea of what was coming. As a matter of fact it was the poorest and simplest people who were most sensible” | * Theme: Betrayal | | Pg 9 | “ While they went on writing and making speeches‚ we saw field hospitals and men dying:
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Death. These are only a few of the horrid images that the World War I soldiers endeavoured. Serving in war is not for the faint of heart or those considered not able to stomach the sight of gore and dead bodies every step. In the story‚ All Quiet on the Western Front written by Erich Maria Remarque‚ this story depicts these exact horrors during Remarque’s time spent on the German battlefront. Deaths are of the norm. Soldiers become immune to the smell of rotting bodies and bits and pieces of flesh
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Inhumanity of War In the novel All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque‚ one follows the life of Paul Baumer‚ a private in the German military in World War 1. He and his friends try to survive as the people around them get slaughtered. Slowly one by one his friends die while the others fight for their own lives. This is a war with many inhumane actions that lead to unnecessary death or injury. In the story many inhumane actions spark guilt within a character‚ causing a humane
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walking towards the kitchen. Peter opened the door quickly. When he opened the door‚ he could see hundreds of ghostly figures all looking at him. That instant‚ Peter started to run. Their cries echoed his name behind him‚ their icy hands reaching towards him. Then‚ he saw a door marked with letters spelling “To Hell” across the camp. Peter quickly opened and slammed the steel door behind him. The ghostly voices outside stopped‚ but from the depths of the chamber‚ he could hear soft moans. Peter knew
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The enemy army fell into a chant‚ it seemed to be coming from all sides; we soon found out that it was. They had split their force into three groups to surround us each group with as many troops as our entire army. Their berserkers lead the charge while the rest of their men threw javelins and axes. We all looked to our general for orders only to find that an axe had split his skull open. Panic spread like wildfire‚ some charged‚ some
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Stayed for a moment all embracing Prince‚ my brothers‚ myself and Claude‚ afterwards slowly started walking in the middle of a meadow towards a house visible in the distance when suddenly appeared the farmer friend of the priest on the other side of the border who together with his wife drove us to his house and offer us a meal and hot tea. Aunt Esther would come looking for us the following day‚ they contacted her and would be responsible for all formalities for us to stay in Switzerland
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their advancement through the night. Past the crackling of the fires‚ Colbren could still hear the sharp pangs of steel against steel‚ echoing through the night‚ imprinting the sharp noise in his ears. He could hear the wretched sounds of choking men gasping for breath‚ coughing up blood as they were gutted by the demonic metal of the invading savages. And Colbren knew that among all this‚ his father was lost somewhere in the melee. He stopped. Around him laid the bodies of comrades and friends‚
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these trenches are very narrow only enough to have bit of room for the person next to you. This made diseases to easily spread such as influenza‚ fever‚ typhoid‚ and malaria. One of my buddies I share a spot within the trenche just died‚ right in front of me.
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division covering a 1‚500–2‚000 yards (1‚400–1‚800 m) front. A second line of seven divisions followed‚ with one infantry division and six cavalry divisions in reserve. Six German divisions held the line opposite‚ in a front position and a reserve position the R-Stellung (R-Position) further back. French artillery observers benefitted from good weather but on the night of 24/25 September‚ heavy rain began and fell until midday.[1] The German front position was broken in four places and two of the penetrations
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Through the mist of the morning‚ the scarlet leaves could be seen. In front stood a tree‚ waving its arms at me. The sky wasn’t visible to my sight‚ the deep grey clouds were disappearing‚ and the sun was nowhere to be seen. Regardless‚ I continued my journey with my obsolete umbrella firmly tucked under my arm and against my battered coat; that I have been wearing for the past fifteen years. The roar of engines could be heard as I continued my journey. The mist thickened into a dense fog‚ mirroring
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