Throughout the book “all quiet on the western front” the author develops a theme that involves how the war effects the men and also that the war destroys everything making them risking each other’s lives in able to survive. In Chapter nine of “all quiet on the western front” the narrator Paul Baumer gets involved in a hand-to-hand combat with a French soldier. This is the climax of the novel “all quiet on the western front”. This situation impacted Baumer because it was a kill or be killed situation
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The book "All Quiet on the Western Front" by Erich Maria Remarque is set in a time of sorrow and discovery. WW1 bore some of the first advanced weaponry because of the allies necessity for greater protection from the enemies. That was a huge leap into what was to come in later wars as this artillery began to evolve into the complex ordnance of today. So much new weaponry was being developed and it was the Germans‚ who are the main focus in the book‚ who were ahead in developing tactics and technology
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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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All 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
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simple brainwashing statements that are frequently told to generations of young men in hopes of convincing them to travel down the unfortunate path of war with false assumptions. With similar views‚ Erich Maria Remarque published the novel All Quiet on the Western Front after WWI through the perspective of Paul Baümer‚ a German soldier who experiences the true reality of war. Although war is often glorified and patriotic soldiers are fueled by their strong sense nationalism‚ in reality true horrors and
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Jordan Divens Dr. Spicka History 106 10:00 All Quiet on the Western Front not only brings you into the war scene and provides you with a vivid description of the war‚ but provides you with an opportunity to analyze and take in just how hard the war was on the soldiers who fought for their countries. This book brings you into the war scene and often times has you thinking about just how powerful a war can be on its soldiers. Not only does it depict the war but it brings its audience into a first
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come‚ they can take nothing from me‚ they can take nothing anymore. I am so alone and so without hope that I can confront them without fear" (Chapter 12). These final‚ melancholy thoughts occur just before his young and untimely death. In All Quiet on the Western Front‚ Erich Maria Remarque creates Paul Bäumer to represent a whole generation of men who are known to history as the "lost generation." Eight million men died in battle‚ twenty-one million were injured‚ and over six and a half million noncombatants
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once said‚ “All wars are civil wars because all men are brothers” (BrainyQuotes). Every man no matter what country he is from is interrelated. Whether someone is Christian or Catholic‚ they both believe in God; whether an American is Democratic or Republic they both agree on a democracy‚ and whether someone is Chinese or German‚ both are human beings. Throughout war every army man faces the horrors of watching their comrade’s die and the act of firing on a fellow human being. In All Quiet on the Western
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English 2 Betrayal of The Youth and The Extinction of a Generation All Quiet on The Western Front is an autobiographical novel written by German WWI veteran Erich Maria Remarque and was published in 1928. What makes this novel so unique and enticing is Remarque’s personal insight on the war which comes from his experiences in WWI. Remarque wrote All Quiet on the Western Front in order to overcome his own traumas that had set in after the war. Remarque was a militant pacifist after his time serving
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Jenna Long Mrs. Schumann English 8 November 2012 All Quiet on the Western Front All Quiet on the Western Front is a very dramatic movie about how WWI affected a young group of soldiers. The war affected the soldier’s whole self; it affected them emotionally‚ physically‚ and mentally. War can hurt anyone’s emotions. Being exposed to such terrible things can really change a person. When the soldiers got to their training camps they were excited and eager to fight for their country
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