*(First) (M.) (Last) IB/AP Candidate HL English: World Literature Assignment 7 November 2014 The Irony of Of Mice and Men and All Quiet on the Western Front Erich Maria Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front takes place on a war ground where the French and Germans battle‚ yet John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men takes place on a ranch where two men travel together looking for work. The plots of both stories may sound different‚ but they relate in ways of irony‚ innocence‚ and thoughtfulness
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and questioned the motive of everybody in the classroom. However‚ Abraham Maslow created a five-level table that helps prioritize these needs‚ called the Hierarchy of Needs. This was used to compare Falling Leaves and All Quiet on the Western Front. All Quiet on the Western Front was a story of a raging war‚ where a soldier is highlighted in his fight for freedom. In this novel‚ the main character; Paul is battling for his life and struggling maintain his basic physical needs. At war‚ he is prepared
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All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque is the greatest war novel of all time. This is not true because it is a cliche story about a war hero who saves many lives‚ but rather because it illustrates the true horrors of war and its effects on the soldiers. This book demonstrates the bloody and dehumanizing effect that was has on a soldier such as Paul Bäumer. Paul Bäumer is the protagonist in this novel‚ a nineteen-year-old boy who enlists in the army with his school mates at the encouragement
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Growing up is difficult‚ but could you imagine feeling 50‚ before you have even turned 20 years old? Young boys leave their childhoods behind in the fight for their lives and country in the novel‚ All Quiet on the Western Front written by Erich Maria Remarque. This story follows the life of Paul Bäumer‚ a soldier fighting in World War I‚ who must overcome his greatest fears and the expectations to be the young‚ valiant soldier. The soldiers face pain‚ fear‚ and death as they learn how to survive
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A response passing judgment on All Quiet on the Western Front Remarque opens the book “All Quiet on the Western Front” with an epitaph of “This book is to be neither an accusation nor a confession‚ and least of all an adventure‚ for death is not an adventure to those who stand face to face with it. It will try simply to tell of a generation of men who‚ even though they may have escaped its shells‚ were destroyed by the war.” The readers may ask: why the writter says that the book is not an accusation
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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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n Erich Maria Remarques’ Novel All Quiet On the Western Front even though soldiers escaped the war‚ they were still mentally and physically destroyed by what they witnessed and experienced. Destroyed in this sense means that they were ruined by war‚ they will never be themselves again. WW1 and any war for that matter was and are brutal on the soldiers bodies and souls. Many soldiers say that even after returning home they have a strange feeling of “strangeness”. “It will try simply to tell of a
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Both Remarque’s “All Quiet on the Western Front” and Hemingway’s “The Sun Also Rises” relate to the theme of hopelessness during the lost generation. Remarque’s story is set during the war from a younger German soldier‚ Paul‚ through him the suffering and difficulties are presented as fruitless and with out a main goal to look forward to when they return home. Throughout the military travels of the younger soldiers like Paul‚ Remarque’s view on wars disadvantages on people are clearly stated through
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survived. He mentions how when they are fighting‚ they barely get any sleep and that the war wouldn’t be as bad if they had more time to rest. Certain charaters are then introduced: Albert Kropp‚ Müller‚ Leer‚ (and the narrator) Paul Baümer. They are all nineteen-year-old volunteers for the war and were from the same class. Additionally‚ there are Tjaden‚ Haie Westhus‚ Detering‚ and Stanislaus Katczinsky. During meal time‚ the cook had prepared food for 150 men‚ but when the cook realizes that only
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soldiers unfortunately were not able to put them on in time. The narrator (Owen)‚ who is a soldier‚ lost his comrade right before his own eyes. The third couplet shows us that the narrator is asking himself whether or not this is a dream when he says “In all my dreams before my helpless
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