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 Front‚ Paul and his classmates experience exactly this. Paul went into war expecting a memorable experience
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He Had Such a Quiet Eyes SYNOPSIS This poem is about a lady who falls in love with the wrong man. She is fascinated with his eyes that seem to lure him to give him paradise. The man has a pair of quiet eyes that she does not realise they are not that quiet. As she is ‘charmed’ by the eyes‚ she does not listen to the advice given by other people who are concerned with her behaviour. In the end‚ she realises her mistakes and is broken hearted. THEME • Betrayal of love • Personal experiences
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In “Today Will be A Quiet Day” by Amy Hempel‚ a father spends some quality time with his son and daughter. He’s canceled their music lessons‚ giving them a day off to bond with them. The trio is on the road‚ and while on the road‚ they exchange a few words. They’re driving through a bridge when the son makes a comment about an impending earthquake. The father reprimands the son for trying to scare his sister‚ and the conversation seems to dwindle down again. Then‚ the conversation picks up again
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Québec (FLQ) was one of such groups‚ and overtime‚ grew to incorporate the smaller groups. Few facts regarding this terrorist group are certain since neither the terrorists‚ nor the government were vocal about the details of their involvement in the Quiet Revolution and events in Autumn of 1970. The silence has lasted for many years‚ thereby erasing the traces of many truths. Background The election in 1960 was a milestone election for Québec because the Liberals came into power. Since the 50’s‚ Québec
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Yet‚ for Quebec‚ an amount of people are displeased with the city’s relationship with other provinces of Canada and want to secede. The issue of succession is not new; in fact‚ the citizens voted on this very same controversial subject‚ began a “Quiet Revolution”‚ and had protests. Canada is bilingual‚ meaning it has two official languages. Although most Canadians speak English‚ a sizable number of Canadians living in the province of Quebec primarily speak French. The French Canadians who live
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All Quiet on the Western Front All Quiet on the Western Front could definitely be considered an anti-war novel. The changes the characters in the novel subjected themselves to throughout the book allow the reader to view the negative effects soldiers went through during‚ as well as after the war. Anti-war means that you are against the war and leaning more towards the idea of peace. This novel showed the dissatisfaction and disappointment in each character once they begun to truly
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All Quiet on the Western Front Written by Erich Maria Remarque‚ All Quiet on the Western Front is a sort of a historical fiction type of book. I would classify it as a fiction because the book is based on an odd point of view in war. All Quiet on the Western Front is a novel about a young teenager named Paul Baumer and his friends who enlist in the war. He and his friends in World War I. Paul and many of his friends from school volunteered to join the army after listening to their teacher
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All Quiet on the Western Front At the start of the 20th Century‚ the world was engaged in a catastrophic battle known as World War 1. During this time questions arose over the true nature of war. Authors such as Siegfried Sassoon and Erich Maria Remarque step out to introduce a different perspective of war through literacy‚ an outlook which many people in their time were oblivious to. All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque is considered to be “the greatest war novel of all time”
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ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT In the book All Quiet on the Western Front the main character and narrator Paul describes the war as not fighting for his country but fighting for his own survival. This theme has been repeatedly outspoken in the book because Paul and the other characters have lost their sense of patriotism. Once the characters have left their previous feelings of patriotism‚ which is why they joined the war initially‚ they have no other choice but to fight in order
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to go or what to do when one was shot off‚ also seeing some of your closest and best friends killed really destroyed people me tally and ruined them as people knowing that it could’ve been u instead of them or could be you at any moment. In All Quiet on the Western Front Paul basically says that they believe in luck and that the only chance they have to stay alive in WWI is by luck‚ and it was very frequent that they’re luck runs out. In WWI the conditions were awful‚ men were always being brutally
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