Julia Chapman All Quiet on the Western Front Theme Graphic Organizer | Theme | Example | Pg # | Significance | 1. Nature of Power(How individuals control others) | “Under his orders I have scrubbed out the Corporals’ Mess with a tooth-brush.”“There’s a great deal of polishing being done. We are inspected at every turn. Everything that is torn is exchanged for new…the Kaiser is coming to review us. Hence all the inspections.” | 23201 | The Corporal is manipulating his power to get the men
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greater than whatever it was that earned him the Distinguished Service Cross‚ Navy Cross and French Croix de Guerre".[3] Years after the completion of Company K‚ Ernest Hemingway published Men At War: The Best War Stories of All Time. In the introduction Hemingway notes that of all the stories published in the novel‚ the two he most desired to publish were omitted‚ Andre Malraux’s Man’s Fate and William March’s Nine Prisoners‚ one of the original serialized excerpts from Company K. Hemingway states that
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All Quiet on the Western Front: Alienation According to the Webster’s New World College Dictionary‚ alienation is 1. Separation‚ aversion‚ aberration. 2. Estrangement or detachment. 3. Mental derangement; insanity. The theme of All Quiet on the Western Front is about how World War I destroyed a generation of young men. It has taken from them the last of their childhood years‚ it has destroyed their faith in their elders‚ it has taught them an individual life is meaningless--and
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Arthur Tsao 25 January 2011 Ritchie 1 All Quiet on the Western Front: Literary Log #1 “We learned that a bright button is weightier than four volumes of Schopenhaur. At first astonished‚ then embittered‚ and finally indifferent‚ we recognized that what matters is not the mind but the boot brush‚ not intelligence but the system‚ not freedom but drill” (22). In this quote‚ Remarque explains the differences between valuable material and knowledge. The imagery he describes compares “educational”
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But one thing they all agree on: the event provoked a seismic response” (Eksteins 10). Similarly‚ there are many accounts of what happened during The Great War‚ however‚ there is no accurate description of soldiers’ experiences. There are many resemblances between the opening night of Le Sacre du printemps and The Great War‚ but the resemblance that stands out the most is the different experiences each spectator had from both of these events. In “All Quiet on The Western Front‚” Erich Remarque conveys
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In “All quiet on the Western Front”‚ Paul Baumer says that war is a dehumanizing experience‚ however‚ there are many examples in this book that prove otherwise. Paul says he knows nothing of life but “despair‚ death‚ fear‚ and a fatuous superficiality cast over an abyss of sorrow”(263). War‚ however cruel it may seem‚ actually makes soldiers more human. During the time Paul spent at training camp‚ Paul made “friends” with the Russians of the other side of the fence. Paul shared his cigarettes
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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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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 Remarque‚ the characters sacrificed their youth in the war and their innocence was lost. Paul Bäumer‚ the narrator‚ was forced to discover a harsh reality. Paul’s high school teacher‚ Kantorek‚ pressured Paul and
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‘All Quiet on the Western Front”‚ written by Erich Remarque was a book written in the perspective of a German soldier in World War I. The significance of this section is that it sheds light on all of the aspects on war‚ and the fact that war was not what everyone made it seem like. Being from the viewpoint of a soldier‚ it gives first hand explanation as to what led him to become a solider. It is important to understand that no one really knows what happens in war until you are actually in it. The
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Chapter Seven: The Second Company is sent somewhere to reorganize their group. Himmelstoss apologizes to the men for being such a mean person because he feels bad‚ as he has now been on the front. Paul‚ Leer‚ and Kropp go for a swim and meet three women. The men swim across the canal during the night and carry their boots and some food. Paul gets to go home for leave‚ but it isn’t the same as he thought it would be. His mom is sick with cancer and he doesn’t feel “at home”. One day‚ when Paul is
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