beliefs that are forced upon the lower leveled soldiers by the senior position frequently causes soldiers to face obstacles that they are unprepared for. While the positions and experiences that these soldier’s face are very different‚ All Quiet on the Western Front‚ and "A Warrior’s Moral Dilemma" display similar perceptions of how a righteous war created by harmful senior leadership caused soldier’s to feel betrayal which led to unethical decisions.
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as old. First of all‚ Paul knows that he could die any day because he is constantly in the trenches facing enemy fire. Another reason why Paul considers himself old is because soldiers even younger than himself surround him. Paul says‚ "they are about two years younger than us". (Remarque‚ 35) Between the combination of knowing you could die any day and being around younger soldiers than him make him feel a lot older than he really is. He feels like a veteran compared to all the young soldiers
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The military life has not treated me well at all‚ and all of the propaganda about the Germans back home riled me up for a job that I would have never expected. The living conditions here are horrid‚ and every day I question how I am still living and have enough power left in my body to write this letter. Every day‚ my friends in my platoon die from either the awful conditions‚ or they are blown to fractions from enemy shrapnel. Besides the numerous dead bodies‚ there are large‚ repulsive rats that
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All Quiet On the Western Front‚ written by author Erich Maria Remarque‚ takes readers through a series of events in which the main character‚ Paul Baumer‚ ends up eventually being a true shattered‚ broken man. Remarque takes readers through Baumer’s transformation‚ as he starts out a hometown‚ naive‚ schoolboy who enjoys reading plays and eating potato-cakes‚ and is changed to that truly broke and shattered man as he is struggling to survive World War I on the front. Prior to the war‚ Paul’s schoolmaster
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“My Last Days” We reached the trench. I was a soldier fighting in the trenches of World War 1 in France. My squad and I hopped into the trench and muddy water splashed into our faces. “Do you think fighting in the trenches is as bad as it sounds?‚” I asked Bobby‚ my best friend. “I think so. Some old dude back home told me he shot his foot off to get out of the trenches‚”said Bobby. Wow‚ I thought‚ he must be dumber than a bag of rocks. Since no one was shooting at us‚ I started to dig out a
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Summer Reading 2013 Alternate Ending of “All Quiet on the Western Front” TWELVE It is autumn in Germany. In 1918‚ the First World War is upon us. Upon me‚ as I am the last of seven members in my class. My leader‚ my friend‚ has been killed not too long ago. However‚ that has driven me closer to victory. They all talk of violence and injustice‚ but all have passed. Hope is low that the war will end shortly. If war resumes‚ then there will be resolution. I have fourteen days of rest due inhaling
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of war affect an individual? War always takes a toll on the individual and leaves drastic changes to the human soul; this loss of innocence is a recurring motif and major theme throughout the novel. Erich Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front is one of the greatest war novels of all time. The story follows the protagonist‚ Paul Baumer‚ a young‚ artistic boy who enlists into the German army in World War I and challenges the false glorification of war. Throughout the story Paul repeatedly faces horrifying
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All Quiet on the Western Front is a historical fiction novel written by German author Erich Maria Remarque in the late 1920s. It is narrated by Paul Baumer‚ a young man who joined the army voluntarily after listening a patriotic speech from his teacher‚ Kantorek. Paul shared his experiences and stories during the time he fought in the German army on the French front in World War I. Paul Baumer is a nineteen years old high school student. He and several of his friends from school were encouraged
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1. The story is narrated in the third person point of view. Aside from dialogue‚ the story does not use "I." Instead‚ it uses his name‚ or refers to the character as "him" or "he." 2. The story starts off as third person objective. It’s first told as how someone would observe from afar. The narrator makes assumptions‚ such as in the first paragraph of part one‚ "It did not appear to be the duty of these two men to know what was occurring ." In the third paragraph‚ the narrator is describing
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visions of wealth‚ vast expansions territory‚ and above all‚ the ability to do whatever one wants whenever he wants. And those who thirst for it will seek it through whatever means necessary‚ whether it be a fistfight or a war. Necessity is the basic derivation for all hostility and aggression; therefore‚ power‚ and its corruption‚ is the source of all war. Such corruption is exemplified in the World War I novel‚ All Quiet On the Western Front‚ by Erich Remarque‚ through the eyes of the platoon leader
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