others. Knowledge can’t come from facts alone‚ as pieces of literature are meant to be interpreted in order to be smarter people. Foster’s statement of how literature should give us a deeper life meaning is true‚ with stories such as "All Quiet on the Western Front"‚ and Thoreau’s "Walden"‚ presenting life lessons and ideas from aspects encountered in our lives.
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The novel All Quiet on the Western Front was published in 1929. Many publishers doubted its success since it appeared to be exceedingly honest and was not typical for the then social ideology of glorification of defeated Germany in the First World War. Erich Maria Remarque‚ who went off to war as a volunteer in 1916‚ was not so much a creator of this literary breakthrough but a witness of merciless European battlefields. The author described the horrors of war honestly‚ simply‚ without unnecessary
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nationalism and patriotism‚ but “All Quiet on the Western Front” based on the novel by Erich Maria Remarque does the complete opposite and engages the audience in the real horrors of war such as the lost of pride‚ innocence‚ and emotion that eventually leads to the defeat of the central powers. The movie only talks about those changes‚ but how patriotism fueled the war and the millions of men that fought in the war.The movie takes place during the “Great War” and it’s all based on the feelings and emotions
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All Quiet on the Western Front Vs. The Wars During World War I‚ many soldiers were impacted by the mental and physical effects that have changed their lives in positive‚ but mostly negative ways. There are two novels that talk about two men in World War I‚ however each tells a different story on their struggles on the battlefield. On one of the books‚ The Wars by Timothy Findley‚ focuses on the protagonist Robert Ross‚ a Canadian soldier that joined the war. Robert Ross mainly joined to war because
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Lauren Davis Mr. Furlong English 10 17 Sept. 2014 The horrors and Dehumanizing Effects on War Through out the appalling novel‚ All Quiet on the Western Front written by Erich Remarque‚ many themes were prevalent in the reading. The one theme that stood out most to me was the horrors and dehumanizing effects of war. Remarque‚ who fought in World War I himself‚ gives great details on how the solders live and the gruesome encounters. At the begging of the novel Paul expresses to us how dehumanizing
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Book review on All Quiet on the Western Front All Quiet on the Western Front‚ a war novel‚ is a fictional novel by Erich Maria Remarque‚ a German veteran of World War I. The book was wrote in 1929 and has had two movies based on the book. Erich Maria Remarque was conscripted at the age of 18‚ and on the 12th June 1917 he was transferred to the Western Front. This may have provided Erich Maria Remarque with the idea that was behind All Quiet on the Western Front. I think it was a book written to
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Would you go to war if it is going to injure you mentally‚ physically‚ and emotionally? In All Quiet On The Western Front‚ a soldier named Paul goes to war with his friends. They are really close but at the end of the war they don’t all come out of the are. All Quiet On The Western Front by Enrich Maria Remarque tells us how soldiers can be injured mentally‚ physically‚ and emotionally. The war can affect you mentally because it can change how you see the world. “Then at last i stand before the brown
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Destruction through Symbols in All Quiet on the Western Front War. Very few words invoke such strong and conflicting reactions. War demands honor and death. War offers hope and despair. War creates the ultimate challenge and the pinnacle of defeat. Throughout history‚ man struggles to understand war and its impact on the people engaged in its horrors. Paul Baumer‚ the protagonist in Erich Maria Remarque’s historical fiction novel All Quiet on the Western Front‚ enlists in the war with his comrades
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never stop to think about war and its definition. Accroding to the dictionary‚ war is defined as a state of hostility‚ conlict‚ antagonism and death. All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque tells the story about Paul Baumer‚ the narrator and protagonist of the book ‚ a neneteen year old German soldier who fights in the front lines of Western Europle during Wold War I and describs its synical hateful environment. The autobiographical book‚ Night by Elie Wiesel‚ takes place during The Holocaust
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treat him as props who is at war to bring glory to the nation. They speak convincing words about glory‚ fame‚ and progress‚ and youth like Paul believes them‚ at first; however‚ after they see their friends dying and other terrors that war brings it all loses its meaning. Paul admits that sometimes he is jealous of people who just live their civilian lives; however‚ on
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