In Erich Maria Remarque’s novel ” All quiet on the western front”‚ The uselessness‚ hopelessness‚ and effects of war are displayed using Paul Baumer’s‚ a young German soldier‚ experience and encounters while being on the front line. The effects of war are far worse than the advantages or rewards of war. In the first chapter there is a wide range of greediness and desensitization. When the remaining eighty soldiers came back‚ hungry and wanting‚ heinrich takes no notice and keeps on cooking for one
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they reacted to it (Remarque). The Sorrows of Young Werther brought light to the storm and stress and later the romanticism movements. This showed the strain that the young people had with the old world. Both these books presented something new
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movement‚ and my hand-grenade flies through the air and into him" (113). Remarque’s detached writing describes how Paul is indifferent to the man’s death. It is human nature to feel one’s emotions stirring when they are in the act of killing; however‚ Remarque made no reference to Paul’s emotions and merely stated that the grenade "flies through the air" and kills the man. Along with the fact that not much is said about this man’s death‚ it is implied by this style of writing that Paul killed this man
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Katczinsky has passed‚ Kropp wants to shoot himself due to loosing a limb. They later state that the Summer of 1918 was the worst yet. In October of 1918‚ Paul had fallen and passed. They reported the day as “All Quiet on the Western Front” (Remarque‚ 296). As I picked up the book after reading Mans Search for Meaning‚ I wasn’t sure how I would like it. War books are hard for me to get into especially all the details that are given and the need to google many words that I don’t know. I was
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women‚ they are selfless individuals who often give up their personal lives to enter a future of uncertainties. Veterans are individuals who possess characteristics including: heroism‚ strength‚ courage‚ and loyalty. All Quiet on The Western Front by Remarque‚ Slaughterhouse-Five by Vonnegut‚ The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien‚ and The Forever War by Joe Haldeman are true literature testaments that exemplify the characteristics of a veteran. Courage is defined as the quality state of mind or spirit
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battlefield‚ the boots were considered one of the most prized possession one could ever own amongst the soldiers. The boots also represented how the soldiers in the battlegrounds were extremely poor and in despair from the war itself. The author‚ Remarque‚ depicts as if the boots are more valuable and longer-lasting than lives on the battlefield. Everyone envied Kemmerich of his boots. They were the fanciest of any boots any soldier had ever seen before. During wartime‚ the soldiers such as Muller
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point on for the next four years came the nonstop misery and false hope of the war ending. The soldiers of the war never had a hatred for the opposing side‚ it was forced murder; they saw each other with pity from time to time which the authors Erich Maria Remarque‚ August Stramm‚ and Tim O’ Brien exemplify
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All Quiet on the Western Front Summer reading study guide Instructions: Please type or write your answers to the following questions in one or more complete sentences. 1. In the opening scene‚ why does Paul’s company have extra food to eat? Why is Franz Kemmerich dying? How are Müller’s feelings about Kemmerich’s dying different from Paul’s feelings? 2. How does the schoolmaster Kantorek refer to his former students? Why do Paul and Kropp scoff at the term Kantorek uses? How do the young men feel
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War is a 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
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possible for a single theme to exist in the past and still live today? This question is easily answered through a movie of the past and a story of the present. In 1930‚ All Quiet on the Western Front was released to the public. The film was based on Erich Maria Remarque’s novel‚ directed by Lewis Milestone‚ and produced by Carl Laemmle Jr. (“All Quiet on the Western Front (1930 film)”). The present day story was written on www.usatoday.com on November 8‚ 2012‚ and is entitled: “On Veterans Day‚ a vet’s
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