In the story "The Baby Party" by F. Scott Fitzgerald and "Regarding the Problem of Newborn Piglets in Winter" by Chen Rong‚ both authors try to convey a message of "much ado about nothing." Characters in both stories focus on an issue or problem that is not important‚ which ends up bringing them more troubles. In "Regarding the Problem of Newborn Piglets in Winter‚" the problem is formed by Zhang Dingfan‚ the Secretary. He just dreams up this unreal problem as "a wind blows up outside"; therefore
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about Metis people’s life in the past in northern Saskatchewan‚ which has a detail of First Nations history. During the novel‚ I found that there is little connection with me. In the novel‚ the protagonist Maria experienced different life in her childhood and after her mother died. When Maria was a child‚ she lived with her family in the Metis community. She did not have to be concerned about her life and the neighbours were friendly: “in my childhood I saw glimpses of a proud and happy people. I
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people‚ that devotion turned fanatical. Nationalism became the way to justify wars and mass executions. Hundreds of thousands of people died in wars fought in the name of nationalism. If war is such an awful thing‚ why would anyone desire it? Erich Maria Remarque’s war novel All Quiet on the Western Front gives an example of nationalism in Germany as a reason to become a soldier. The narrator of this novel introduces Kantorek‚ his schoolmaster. Kantorek was the person who had convinced the narrator’s
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In All Quiet on the Western Front‚ author Erich Maria Remarque reinforces the idea that war is horrific‚ through his use of visual‚ auditory‚ and tactile imagery. Towards the end of the second chapter of the book‚ Remarque begins to disillusionize the glorious imagery of war by describing the death of Kemmerich‚ a German soldier and a fellow classmate of the protagonist Paul. Paul and his other classmates that enlisted sit by Kemmerich’s deathbed‚ illustrating the mourning for their comrade by saying
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Throughout the novel All Quiet on the Western Front‚ the author Erich Maria Remarque‚ explores the effects of war through both literary and structural techniques. Remarque himself being involved in the war‚ writes from the perspective of young German soldiers who were on duty during the World War One campaign. Using various literary techniques‚ Remarque is able to convey the effects of war through the destruction of natural imagery‚ the displacement experienced by the soldiers as well as the loss
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I do not believe there is a “correct” way of writing‚ I do believe there are both good and bad ways to go about it. There are many essays throughout the text of Writing About Writing‚ which discuss writing in a particular way. In chapter two‚ Maria P. Rey writes a letter to her high school criticizing their teaching strategies. The rules her previous professors had restricted her with often times caused writers block. Mike Rose‚ a student at the University of California‚ found that “ students
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The novel by Erich Maria Remarque “All Quiet on the Western Front” provides the reader with different views and representations of the war. Remarque‚ through the eyes of the narrator Paul Baumer and his imagery‚ exposes the reader to the gruesome horrors of the front. Remarque speaks about how the only worthwhile aspect of the war is comradeship and friendship‚ but this seems to lose hope as well. The war erased a whole generation and Remarque clearly identifies this in the novel. Through the eyes
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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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During World War I‚ countless soldiers naively enlisted into the army‚ unaware of the harsh realities that lied before them. In the novel‚ All Quiet on the Western Front‚ Erich Maria Remarque tells the story of Paul Baumer‚ a German soldier stationed in northeastern France. This was a time period when war was unjustly glorified and only the soldiers understood the battles with their conscience that would follow their deployment. When they first entered the war‚ Paul and his friends were excited
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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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