Throughout the story‚ All Quiet on the Western Front can be classified in many themes that befits the novel written by Erich Maria Remarque. The journey includes how people changed their definition of war‚ correlating to what they experienced‚ a taste of how it felt‚ feeling as if it changed them mentally and physically. Before and after the war‚ the experiences gained affected them‚ throughout the whole novel as the theme of identity appears‚ defining the concept of war. As if words are not enough
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disastrous as to lose one." - Agatha Christie We as people 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
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The film “All Quiet on the Western Front” based on the novel written by Erich Maria Remarque‚ chronicles the horrors of World War I through the eyes of a German soldier named Paul Bäumer. Along with his friends‚ Paul enlists to join the army with the enthusiasm and honor to be able to serve their country. However‚ their eagerness to fight is lost as they witness the brutality of the war through deadly battles along the western front. Paul is driven to despair as he painfully watches the war kill
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The novel‚ All Quiet on the Western Front‚ by Erich Maria Remarque has many different themes represented through out it. The main theme that is shown throughout the book is the “Lost Generation” theme. In the foreword‚ Remarque states‚ “This book is to be neither an accusation nor a confession… It will try simply to tell of a generation of men who‚ even though they may have escaped shells‚ were destroyed by the war.” This book focuses on the Lost Generation of the German Army of World War I. The
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negative effects of World War 1 are endless. Despite some of the positive outcomes‚ the book focuses on the main points of how the soldiers felt emotionally‚ physically‚ and mentally. When reading the book‚ All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque‚ one can further understand the true sadness‚ physical pain‚ and mental exhaustion that the German soldiers actually went through. This changes our perspective about the war because we can oversee our American bias and understand the pain on
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“This book…will try simply to tell of a generation of men who‚ even though they may have escaped shells‚ were destroyed by the war” (Remarque Preface). All Quiet on the Western Front‚ written by Erich Maria Remarque‚ tells a story of a young soldier‚ as he and his friends fight for the German army during World War I. The novel is narrated from the point of view of Paul Bäumer. He is nineteen years old and‚ like many of his classmates‚ he joins the German army. The story follows as they fight through
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Quiet on the Western Front All Quiet on the Western Front Written by Erich Maria Remarque is a novel about young men who are fighting in the German army on the French front in World War I. The story expresses life in the war from the view point of Paul Baumer a young German soldier fighting for his life in the war. Throughout the novel‚ Remarque expresses vivid details based on his own experiences at war. “During World War I‚ Remarque was conscripted into the army at the age of 18. On June 12‚ 1917‚
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most peaceful‚ beautiful day of the war. After surviving the horrible events on the front‚ the last man of his class died on that day of all days. Erich Maria Remarque tells a remarkable World War I story through the eyes of the soldier Paul Baumer in All Quiet on the Western Front. In this novel‚ Paul faces life in the roughness of trench warfare. Remarque explores the effects of war on both an entire generation and on the individual and dives into the connection between war and political power. The
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controversial human nature egged it on. “All Quiet on the Western Front” by Erich Maria Remarque is a war novel that shows the war experience and how war changes people. During the time spent at the front and at rest the soldier is turned from human to inhumane. They are taken away from the normal human emotion and placed into a state of being more animalistic and superhuman. “One-two-three-four‚ and ceased at thirty-two”. (Remarque 136) Of the entire Second Company‚ thirty-two men are left. This was a
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The Horrors of War on the Front In “All Quiet on the Western Front” Erich Maria Remarque a German veteran describes the harsh events that happened in WWI. The main character Paul Baumer narrates his story of what happened on the Western Front. Paul and several friends decided to join the army right out of high school at the young age of 19. In the beginning‚ Paul and his comrades were excited to join the army because they had been given speeches about patriotism‚ in time they realized that war
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