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    __ All Quiet on the western front and how it relates to "Insensibility" by Wilfred Owen Submitted by: Marilyn Thipthorpe I think this movie is a classic masterpiece or example of Anti-war. It shows how war takes everything away from you especially your humanity. This movie was banned for about 4-5 years after its release because of its in-depth effect on people due to the war. In this movie we get a young German group (who haven’t even passed out of College yet) who have been recruited in

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    A SONG TO END ALL WAR 2-PART TREBL] issaurga Festivafl Youtlr eh*ir @ 2 PROGRAM NOTE ABOUT THE COMPOSER From my first encorurter I have had a special resonance with Bill Wortell’s art - both his sculpture and his words. His writing entitled The Shaman of Brotherhood (Lullaby for War) holds special significance in our present world. There’s a certain sense of frustration‚ yet hopefulness at the same time. If only we could find the right melody‚ David L. Brunner is acclaimed as a dynamic conductor

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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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    In the novel‚ All Quiet on the Western Front‚ the author uses strong imagery and detailed descriptions to convey the horrors of the Great War and their detrimental effects on soldiers from all fronts. Images such as desperation‚ starvation‚ trauma‚ guilt‚ and camaraderie create a lasting impression on the reader as they are planted in the shoes of German soldiers‚ fighting and depending upon each other for survival. These themes were the unfortunate reality of life in the trenches‚ where rival sides

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    All Quiet on the Western Front is by Erich Maria Remarque. This book was an extraordinary war story. Remarque uses excellent words and phrases to describe crucial details of the book. Remarque had first hand experience‚ because he was a German in World War I. So he expresses his opinions through Paul‚ the main character of the book. One of the strongest themes in this book is that war makes man inhuman. From the author’s point of view soldiers was often compared to various non­living objects‚ that

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    The Book All Quiet on the Western Front is written by Erich Maria Remarque. The story takes place in late World War I in German and French front line. The Author has written the book combining his own experiences from war. He also tried to educate his readers about brutality‚ destruction and soldiers’ point of views of war. The protagonist in the book is a young soldier called Paul Baumer. There is no specific character as antagonist but I think the antagonist is the war itself. Even though Paul

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    Showing war through the eyes of an average soldier instead of a general or political leader of the time. Amidst all the violence the characters are always moving back and forth between the front and the safer camping sight behind the front where they can have some time to relax‚ enjoy nature‚ smoke cigars‚ and eat some chow with their comrades. Remarque in a way juxtaposes the graphic fighting of the war and simple

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    Erich Maria Remarque was born in Germany in the year 1898 into a lower-middle-class family. In 1916‚ he was drafted into the German army to fight in World War I where he was badly wounded. Ten years after the war ended‚ he published a book which was translated a year later into English with the title All Quiet on the Western Front. This is a novel about the experiences of ordinary German soldiers during World War I. Remarque starts off the novel by stating‚ "This book is to be neither an accusation

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    Other war novels have tried to lighten the mood of war or conceal some of the real facts that make war seem horrific. For example‚ Remarque holds nothing back when he describes the scene of injured horses during a bombardment‚ "Some gallop away in the distance‚ fall down‚ and then run on farther. The belly of one is ripped open‚ the guts trail out. He becomes entangled in them and falls‚ then he stands

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    In All Quiet on the Western Front‚ author Erich Maria Remarque reinforces the idea that war is horrific‚ through his use of visual‚ auditory‚ and tactile imagery. Towards the end of the second chapter of the book‚ Remarque begins to disillusionize the glorious imagery of war by describing the death of Kemmerich‚ a German soldier and a fellow classmate of the protagonist Paul. Paul and his other classmates that enlisted sit by Kemmerich’s deathbed‚ illustrating the mourning for their comrade by saying

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