All Quiet on the Western Front: An Account of the Destruction Caused by WWI “It will simply try to tell of a generation of men who‚ even though they may have escaped shells‚ were destroyed by the war” [Remarque] World War I was‚ and still remains‚ one of the most devastating wars this planet has ever seen. While it may not have caused the same destruction to the land as World War II‚ the effect it had on those unfortunate enough to serve in the war was as great‚ if not greater‚ than any other
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his classmates enlist in the German army of World War I. His elders constantly pushed him to sign up for war‚ as serving his nation was seen as the greatest honor of all. People like his old schoolmaster convinced him and his classmates that war was an honor and constantly romanticized the idea of fighting for your country. Since all these ideas of defending the German pride were indoctrinated into his head‚ Paul absent mindedly followed along without questioning his motives and means. When Paul first
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All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque is a fictional novel based on Remarque’s own experiences in World War I. Remarque uses view of a soldier Paul Bäumer to expose the horrors of the war. Bäumer’s first person narration creates the effects of intimacy‚ isolation and drama. Bäumer’s narration puts the reader directly in the middle of the action. It creates a sense of closeness between the reader and the story. It feels as though Bäumer is speaking directly to the reader‚ creating
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was badly wounded. Ten years after the war ended‚ he published a book which was translated a year later into English with the title All Quiet on the Western Front. This is a novel about the experiences of ordinary German soldiers during World War I. Remarque starts off the novel by stating‚ "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
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Nothing can be gained from the futility of war‚ only lost; a loss of hope‚ loss of life‚ loss of innocence and a loss of identity. This sense of hopelessness has been reflected within the anti-war novel All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque. The negative representation of World War I displayed in this novel has made us question authority as to why time and time again‚ they abuse their power to force our innocent young men to fight in a monotonous battle. Through the construction
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Sam Monroe 9/21/10 All Quiet Essay Words: 822 The Two Sides of Paul Baumer in All Quiet on the Western Front There are figuratively two Paul Baumer’s in All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque. Paul becomes a different person when he joins the army. Before the war‚ Paul went to school and wrote poetry and led the normal life of a teenager. When he enlists in the military‚ he remains the same person on the outside‚ but changes drastically on the inside. This change
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It’s a fact‚ when talking on the subject of war‚ we presume that if the generals and country leaders didn’t start them‚ they would by no means occur. In a book like Storm of Steel by Ernst Junger‚ though‚ there seems to be one more requirement‚ ready and enthusiastic soldiers. Junger would have probably preferred themselves "warriors" or barbarians. It’s within this book that Ernst Junger tells the story of a man who describes and most likely believed that the battlefront of World War I was not a
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where he told them everything they wanted to know just wanting to the be over. He was told that he would be executed later in the week. He was in grim way happy to hear that knowing that it could all be over soon and he wouldn’t have to spend more time rotting in the his cell wouldn’t have to think about all of his friends dying. While being carried to his execution he remembered about his family. He had forgotten about them and it came to him in a shock making him realize that he needed to escape
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The Book All Quiet on the Western Front is written by Erich Maria Remarque. The story takes place in late World War I in German and French front line. The Author has written the book combining his own experiences from war. He also tried to educate his readers about brutality‚ destruction and soldiers’ point of views of war. The protagonist in the book is a young soldier called Paul Baumer. There is no specific character as antagonist but I think the antagonist is the war itself. Even though Paul
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Catherine is the most important person Henry. The story starts in Italy during World War I. The protagonists are Lieutenant Henry Frederick‚ a volunteer ambulance driver for the Italians‚ and Catherine Barkley‚ a British nurse. Henry loves Catherine so much that he deserts the war. Catherine is a safe place for Henry to retreat to when he is hurt. In the same way she is a roof to protect from the rain. Understanding‚ calm‚ and courageous in the face of death are the traits that describe Catherine
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