Youth and Innocence are a Thing of the Past In Erich Maria Remarque’s novel All Quiet on the Western Front Paul and other soldiers lose their sense of innocence and youth before they are prepared. Paul‚ a young man enlists in the German Army of the First World War with some of his classmates. These young men become enthusiastic soldiers‚ but incidents of horror break them down. Paul and other soldiers lose their sense of innocence and youth when they discern the poster of a beautiful woman in the
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War is often viewed as one of the most dangerous and brutal events ever created. It utterly destroys the humanity and mental state of soldiers fighting in the war. In All Quiet on the Western Front‚ a world renowned war novel by Erich Maria Remarque‚ the epigraph states that this novel “will try simply to tell of a generation of men who‚ even though they may have escaped shells‚ were destroyed by the war.” Staying true to this quote‚ Remarque tells of the horrors of World War I and fittingly describes
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In All Quiet on the Western Front‚ Erich Maria Remarque progressively shows the brutality of war through the eyes of soldiers claiming their innocence‚ and also the effects of war on the people in the home front . In this essay I will be discussing the effect of war on both the combatants and non combatants in this novel. Remarque cleverly illustrates what men at the front go through in war‚ he describe how quickly soldiers realise the reality of war. “We march up‚ moody or good-tempered
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All Quiet on the Western Front Long Essay All Quiet on the Western Front was a story of a group of young children‚ nineteen years old or so‚ who enlisted in the military on the advice of one of their professors. They were told‚ and believed‚ that they would be seen as heroes in everyone’s eyes‚ and that they were doing such great things for their country and showing extreme nationalism and patriotism. As the months went on‚ fighting on the front lines‚ these men realized that this life was nothing
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In every Disney movie‚ the villain is portrayed as a horrendous beast who was once a human. The thing is‚ every wicked witch or horrendous beast was once a human with a kind soul who suffered a traumatic event. In All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque‚ the German soldiers shift from fresh-out-of-high-school kids to shameless killing machines after witnessing the horrors of World War I. In The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien‚ while fighting the Vietnam War without understanding
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stories before Erich Maria Remarque’s times still leaned toward themes of glory‚ adventure‚ and honor. In presenting his realistic version of a soldier’s experience‚ Remarque stripped that from war novels in his antiwar novel‚ All Quiet on the Western Front. Remarque accurately depicts both the physical and mental hardships of war. This novel should be read by all soldiers thinking of enlisting in the army for several reasons. First‚ the novel describes in detail the worst case scenarios associated
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All Quiet on the Western Front War War is a battle of not only the physical but also the psychological. In the text‚ All quiet on the western front‚ by Enrich Maria Remarque‚ and the poem Homecoming‚ by Bruce Dawe‚ our understanding is challenged through various representations of war such as innocence‚ srvivl and grief. Throughout the novel‚ “All quiet on the western front”‚ we as the readers are taken on a journey with the character Paul Baumer‚ a young man‚ whom started the war with a “head[s]
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Life In All Quiet on the Western Front‚ different attitudes are betrayed from different people. Attitudes that come from various walks of life. When someone lives in a certain area and is surrounded by certain things‚ I believe it forms your opinion about life and people. That attitude can either make you or break you. War is definitely an example of a situation that can change your thoughts‚ actions‚ and emotions. The overriding theme of All Quiet on the Western Front is the horrible brutality
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on the emphasis of youth‚ omissing the real way Kemmerich died when he told Kemmerich’s mother‚ having Paul die on a regular and quiet day and using pathos to make one feel sympathy‚ wrote All Quiet on the Western Front as an anti-war novel. In the beginning of All Quiet on the Western Front‚ Remarque really emphasized on how Paul’s
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transformative event as it has transformed the nation’s of the planet politically and economically‚ as well as transforming the nation’s art and literature. In the novel All Quiet on the Western Front‚ Paul the main character returns back to his hometown realising it is different then he could remember as he was at the front and is unable to understand how to behave in the city and how everyone else is acting differently. As Paul was walking in the street he was noticing how everyone was different as he
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