War is a terrible reality where people commit heinous atrocities that always end in suffering‚ but unfortunately war is also powerful enough to convince many that “it is sweet... to die for your country”(Owen). Spoken by famous British poet Wilfred Owen‚ a WWI soldier who sarcastically expressed the constant false interpretations of war‚ this quote illustrates the simple brainwashing statements that are frequently told to generations of young men in hopes of convincing them to travel down the unfortunate
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War has a tendency to bring out both the worst and best qualities of human beings. These conflicts and their resulting effects on people are often depicted in literature. One of the best examples of war literature is Erich Marie Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front. All Quiet on the Western Front depicts the everyday struggles of German soldier Paul Baümer and his comrades. Throughout the war‚ the servicemen maintain a strong bond between with each other. However‚ this bond even extends to the
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All Quiet on the Western Front: Assignment #3: Focus on Chapter 4 1. Paul feels alone in battle and his only friend and family seems to be mother earth. He finds comfort and protection with earth since he’s alone in battle and there’s nothing else protecting him except for earth’s materials like bushes and trees hiding him form the enemy. Like a mother would protect her son. I’m not sure if this has much to do with the Oedipus Complex but since Paul is loving the earth ever so passionately he
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The demographic of adults who write autobiographies do so largely because of some type of silence they faced in childhood‚ and possibly into their adult life. This silence can often be attributed to a hardship faced at some time during their life which the authors overcame and are ready to delve into how that affected them as adults. In Catherine Madison’s The War Came Home with Him‚ she recounts not only her struggles as a child growing up in the aftermath of a war‚ but also the struggles of a man
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War‚ the waging of armed conflict against an enemy‚ (as described in the dictionary)‚ made the world a time of major destruction from 1914 to 1918. World War 1‚ aka The Great War‚ was a time of bloody battles. The problem being‚ those that were killed were never really recognized beyond having fought for their country. One of the most memorable characters in the story All Quiet On the Western Front is a French soldier named Gerard Duval‚ because he symbolizes the millions of good people that lost
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“Strange to say‚ Behm was one of the first to fall. He got hit in the eye during the attack‚ and we left him lying for dead. We couldn’t bring him with us‚ because we had to come back helter-skelter. In the afternoon suddenly we hear him call‚ and saw him crawling about in No Man’s Land. He had only been knocked unconscious. Because he could not see‚ and was mad with pain‚ he failed to keep under cover‚ and so was shot down before
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“This book…will try simply to tell of a generation of men who‚ even though they may have escaped shells‚ were destroyed by the war” (Remarque Preface). All Quiet on the Western Front‚ written by Erich Maria Remarque‚ tells a story of a young soldier‚ as he and his friends fight for the German army during World War I. The novel is narrated from the point of view of Paul Bäumer. He is nineteen years old and‚ like many of his classmates‚ he joins the German army. The story follows as they fight through
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Erich Maria Remarque’s Works as Representations of the Nature of Love Marina Draga Humanities Research Paper Marina Draga Dr. Hopkins Humanities April 17‚ 2009 Erich Maria Remarque’s Works as Representations of the Nature of Love Thesis Statement: Painful encounters in distressing events like those in the battlefields are what make people realize the real value of compassion and belongingness. Topical Outline: I. Introduction II. Erich Maria Remarque as a Poet
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Nothing can be gained from the futility of war‚ only lost; a loss of hope‚ loss of life‚ loss of innocence and a loss of identity. This sense of hopelessness has been reflected within the anti-war novel All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque. The negative representation of World War I displayed in this novel has made us question authority as to why time and time again‚ they abuse their power to force our innocent young men to fight in a monotonous battle. Through the construction
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Front” is a social commentary on how soldiers are effected emotionally and socially throughout the war and are conflicted on how to readjust to their lives after the Great War. Soldiers are conflicted by their character and do not know whether to pick back life up as a youth or as adults who have endured hard circumstances. The book does not focus on battles and it does not focus on a specific time frame‚ it rather evaluates what goes through the minds of a soldier. These men are literally being bombarded
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