John Burley’s The Quiet Child brings to life a chilling and intensely atmospheric psychological mystery that ensnares the reader immediately with its emotionally charged and twisted narrative. Steeped in intrigue‚ readers are immersed in life during 1954 in the small town of Cottonwood‚ California. The McCray family is thrown into a world of turmoil when their two sons‚ Daniel aged 6 and Sean aged 10 are abducted while in the family car. An intensity charged search for the young hostages ensues
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Essay: All Quiet on the Western Front An anti-war novel often portrays many of the bad aspects and consequences of war. Erich Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front is a novel set in the First World War that is against war. Remarque describes the terrible reality of the war‚ focusing on the horrors and involved. The novel portrays an anti-war perspective as it brings up issues about the brutality of war‚ the narrator’s change of attitude towards war‚ the futility of war and
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1. Find‚ quote‚ cite‚ and explain FIVE quiet moments in the novel that resonated with you. These should not be major moments from SparkNotes but ones that perhaps a casual reader would miss. What did you see that you found poignant or otherwise worthy of discussion? The death of Simon was one of the quiet moments because everyone was in shock. When Piggy died everyone just stood still in silence because of their inhumanity everyone was in silence in fear when they heard of the monster on the
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The novel‚ “All Quiet on the Western Front” is seen as an anti-war novel that shows war being devastating to our countries and more debilitating to our soldiers. The novel shows German soldiers being disturbed mentally‚ physically and socially for the rest of their lives. War can also cause the soldier to show detachment from civilian life. When one is put into a violent environment‚ it can directly/indirectly affect one’s physical and mental composure. When one is put into a brutal environment
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All Quiet on the Western Front vs. Postmodernism There are many novels that recollect various periods throughout the decades. The novel All Quiet on the Western Front is one of these. The Author Erich Maria Remarque uses a fictional character named Paul Baumer to install feeling‚ thoughts‚ and actions that the German soldiers went through during World War I specifically battling on the Western front. This novel gives a historical outlook on how the war affected these soldiers during and after the
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All Quiet on the Western Front a novel by Erich Maria Remarque‚ who was also a German veteran from World War I. Remarque’s novel is about a young German named Paul Bäumer who joins the Imperial German military with his friends and goes to fight on the Western Front during World War I. Paul and his friends were encouraged by Kantorek‚ their teacher‚ to join the German army because it was a patriotic thing to do. When they reach the Western Front‚ they begin to realize the horrors of war. Paul is given
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After selling over 50 million copies and enjoying translation into 55 languages‚ Erich Maria Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front has been a very successful novel. Upon the book’s publication in 1929 the book was an instant success in the war boom era‚ and is considered by many to be the greatest war novel of all time. The main character‚ Paul‚ accompanied by fellow comrades‚ demonstrates the difficulties faced on the front line of World War I and the hardships of returning home to a broken
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All Quiet on the Western Front In the novel ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ by Erich Maria Remarque‚ the main character Paul Bäumer’s development shows the horrors of the First World War and the effect it had on the young men who fought in it. Paul Bäumer is the main character whom is nineteen years old‚ Bäumer volunteered for the army along side four of his classmates. Some parts in the novel is written in past tense when Paul Bäumer is collecting his thoughts. Most of the novel is written
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Morris World Lit. War Through the Eyes of Erich Remarque A soldier must have the mentality of‚ “I must kill or I’ll be killed” or they will surely perish. Taking this idea to heart can be a very moralistic test that most people can’t handle. All Quiet on the Western Front is one of the greatest war novels ever written because of its exposing graphic depiction of war. In the short note before Chapter One‚ Remarque lets the reader know exactly what themes he intends. War is savage‚ unjustified
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By Gerard Chretien English:Vietnam Prof: Morgan Shulz 2002 Insight to Quiet American For those who haven’t read the book‚ its both an odd love story and a metaphor for American involvement in Vietnam. The hero‚ Fowler is a washed up‚ middle aged‚ English war correspondent‚ content with his opium pipe and his Vietnamese mistress‚ Phuong. His world is gradually disrupted by the arrival of an American covert operative named Pyle who is both a zealous ideologue and naïve optimists.
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