Erich Maria Remarque demonstrates‚ through the character of Paul Baumer‚ how World War I obliterates almost an entire generation of men. In the novel‚ All Quiet on the Western Front‚ these men‚ including Paul‚ no longer have a place in normal life and are incapable of relating with former generations. This is the result of the early involvement with the war‚ which lead to what is called the “lost generation”. Youth can be defined as the early period of existence and growth. These important years
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Julian Bangash All Quiet on the Western Front‚ a soldier’s bloody account of World War I‚ was written by Erich Maria Remarque in 1929. It was first made into a movie in 1930‚ and then re-made in 1979 directed by Delbert Mann. All Quiet on the Western Front is the story of a young German named Paul Baumer who is drafted into the German Imperial Army along with many of his high school friends. They are sent to the battlefield on the German western front seeking glory and adventure only to discover
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Boom! The sound snaps us all to life‚ ensnaring our senses and shaking every fiber of our beings. In less than ten seconds we’re all on our feet and almost in complete chaos. I snatch up my gun and the first few of us rush out of the barracks to find the colonel for orders. Boom! This time the blast is right behind us and our barracks bursts into a roaring wall of flames. The blast sends us falling face first to the ground. All of our fellow soldiers‚ our friends‚ were still inside and now the building
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Au contraire‚ in the West‚ the war was fought in France and Belgium where a feckless stalemate cost both sides heavily. Trench warfare quickly came to represent the Western front as both armies constructed elaborate trench networks‚ thus causing the deadlock for most of the duration of the war. The most common cause of battle casualties when in trenches was enemy artillery fire and to make matters worse; troops were not entirely safe from their artillery fire. The constant bombardment of artillery
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on. The final category analyzes little of the prostitutes own thoughts or emotions during these liaisons‚ but rather the men. Many members of the BEF kept their own personal journals in which they recorded their experiences along and behind the Western Front in France. Despite extramarital sex being a hushed topic‚ some soldiers still felt comfortable enough to write about the brothels they observed or visited‚ these sources are the main focus of historians who study the male heterosexuality of the
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There are several reasons for stalemate on the Western Front by December 1914‚ which include numerous faults in the strategies and implementation of the Schlieffen Plan‚ tactical and strategic problems‚ problems in communications and the incapability of the commanders. There was also a changing in offensive to defensive‚ poor trench conditions‚ poor equipment and supplies‚ and also low morale amongst both armies. Faults in the strategies and implementation of the Schlieffen Plan were a major reason
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France and were owed land (1935‚ Germany began re-armament and brought army up to 500 000‚ 1936‚ re-militarisation of the Rhineland) Grossdeutschland (big Germany) – sought to unite all Germans who were populated in new and weak nations such as Poland created from 1919 Treaty of Versailles – inevitable conflict to unite all Germans spread across Eastern Europe . Also‚ Eastern Europe were rich in resources which would ensure the survival of Hitler’s Aryan race (master race = Herrenvolk) which would subjugate
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DBQ: Settlement of the Western Frontier During the years between 1840 and 1890‚ the land west of the Mississippi River experienced a wild and sporadic growth. The natural environment contributed greatly to this growth spurt and helped shape the development of the trans-Mississippi west. The natural environment dictated and facilitated the development of the west by way of determining who settled where‚ how the people survived‚ why people wanted to settle‚ and whether they were successful or
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In All Quiet‚ Mister Remarque expresses his personal views in the form of symbols. As the reader reads through the book‚ the butterflies‚ the Earth‚ the horses‚ and Katczinsky have been used to symbolize more than they physically are in the story. Mister Remarque uses the surrogate father relationship between Paul and Katczinsky to illustrate the utter destructiveness of war. Paul’s relationship with his biological father was destroyed by the war‚ which compelled Paul to confide in Katczinsky. Mister
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Stainless Steel Comparison 302 AISI 302 is the most basic type of steel in the chromium-nickel group. It is an austenitic steel‚ which is used for chemical resistance and hardenable by cold work. It contains 18% chromium and 8% nickel. It has corrosion resistance to mild-atmospheric and fresh water‚ industrial atmospheric‚ marine atmospheric‚ mild chemical and oxidizing chemical environments. Type 302 is also highly resistant to gasoline. 303 AISI 303 is an austenitic steel in the chromium-nickel
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