With so many great writers throughout the history of writing‚ and with so many genres it is very difficult to appeal to everyone when an author finishes a polished piece of fiction. Raymond Carver’s Will You Please Be Quiet‚ Please? however will appeal to the mass audience of fiction readers throughout all genres‚ because Raymond Carver allows for his readers to become lost in his vivid and continoues dreams which he concurs with raw splendor and sinster truth. Carver’s book is a collection of fictional
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side when things in life get unbearable. Friendship is the strongest bond any group of people can share‚ and Paul Baumer is not a person to object to that. He is a boy that needs his friends to help him survive in World War I. In the novel of All Quiet on the Western Front‚ camaraderie proves itself to be the most prevailing connection between people. The narrator of this story is a young German teenager that was manipulated into enlisting in the army in World War I. The new soldier begins his story
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Julian Bangash All Quiet on the Western Front‚ a soldier’s bloody account of World War I‚ was written by Erich Maria Remarque in 1929. It was first made into a movie in 1930‚ and then re-made in 1979 directed by Delbert Mann. All Quiet on the Western Front is the story of a young German named Paul Baumer who is drafted into the German Imperial Army along with many of his high school friends. They are sent to the battlefield on the German western front seeking glory and adventure only to discover
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Letter Home Dear Brother‚ I have just received your letter about considering joining the German army and fighting in this god awful war. From my tone already you should notice that I completely disagree with your thinking and am going to try my hardest to persuade you not to come out and fight. Just like you I had once fallen for all of the propaganda going around Germany. An old teacher I used to know named Kantorich had filled my and many of my classmates heads with patriotic reasons to
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inspiration. The writers will often have some motive‚ either from past experiences or something that can inspire an idea for a novel. Although the novel can be fictitious it can still change how society feels about a certain issue. The two novels All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque and Slaughterhouse 5 by Kurt Vonnegut romanticizes what war is like‚ emphasizing ideas such as glory‚ horror‚ honor‚ patriotic duty‚ and adventure. The similarities include both authors have their impression
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United States Marine Corps Professional Reading Program Written by: LCpl Rodriguez‚ Jazmin Submitted: 13 Feb 2013 1. Title: ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT 2. Author: ERICH MARIA REMARQUE 3. Published: 1929 4. SUBJECT: This book is written by a German veteran of World War I‚ who describes the German soldiers’ extreme physical and mental stress during the war‚ and the detachment from civilian life felt by many of these soldiers upon returning home from the frontlines.
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thoughts of delight instead of worrying about the death and destruction caused by others? Where’s your special place? I’ll tell you mine. It’s nighttime and darkness is starting to set in. The air is crisp and calm‚ whispering a sweet lullaby‚ the beach quiet and relaxing. A spontaneous crab hurries on his way to get back home. Lying there on my soft blanket‚ the sand caving in to make the perfect shape of my body‚ I look up into the remote distance. How vast and wondrous the sky is! Just listen‚ the waves
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A study in to the way war affects the soldiers fighting in them in terms of mental and physical health with reference to Pat Barkers “Regeneration”‚ Remarque’s “All Quiet on the Western Front” and Penguins anthology “Poems of the Great War 1914-1918. The First World War lasted between 1914 and 1918 and saw the death of nearly twenty million people (including civilians) and the casualties were even higher. Many were left wounded for life as they lost their limbs‚ sight or mind and they would never
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Kids have to be quiet during class because‚ traditionally‚ quiet is better for concentration. However that’s not true for all students. Some students learn better when talking is involved in their learning. Others can shut out noise very effectively. But the norm is still to demand quite for all. Our educational system should be overhauled to accomodate the learning styles of all‚ but it never will be. That’s too expensive.Kids have to be quiet during class because‚ traditionally‚ quiet is better for
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Maintain a Quiet Classroom Without Having to Say a Word Student Discipline Strategies That Save Your Sanity When you get home from work‚ do you often feel hoarse from telling the kids to stop talking and exhausted from trying‚ in vain‚ to keep your kids on task? Do you fantasize about a quiet classroom in your private moments? Discipline and classroom management are‚ by far‚ the top battles that you must win in the classroom. Without focused and relatively quiet students‚ you might as well forget
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