Through Erich Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front the reader learns that war is not all combat and wounded men. It is brainwashing soldiers‚ forcing them to forget their homes and families. The war suffocates innocent people simply trying to serve their country‚ and turns them into living corpses. In the beginning of the book all the new soldiers are very excited. They are fresh into the war and ready to fight for their country. They bond over talk of their life at home and some of their
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We Are Lost The protagonist of the All Quiet on the Western Front‚ Paul Baumer‚ says‚ "I believe we are lost" (Remarque 123). The soldiers themselves recognize that they are part of a lost generation. They are‚ "forlorn like children‚ and experienced like old men" (123). Lost Generation is revealed in All Quiet on the Western Front through the young soldiers loss of innocence‚ loss of life‚ and loss of home. The First World War has no positive effect on the lives of the young soldiers. The soldiers
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sacrifice‚ and many others. However‚ one theme that appears very oftenly throughout the course of the novel is liberty. In many book‚ the theme liberty is an advance indication of a plot where the characters fight for liberty. However‚ in this book‚ “All Quiet on the Western Front‚” the theme signifies the lack of liberty throughout the experiences of almost all of the characters. Paul first learned that it was important to show patriotism inside one’s heart. He was very brave to show loyalty toward his
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War Dehumanization “If you think of humanity as one large body‚ then war is like suicide‚ or at best‚ self mutilation”( Jerome Crabb). Paul Bäumer‚ the protagonist of All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque fulfills his understanding of Jerome Crabb’s quote after experiencing everything war has to offer. In the novel‚ Paul truly experiences what being in war can physically and mentally do to not only a man‚ but their families as well. It is apparent that Erich Maria Remarque had Paul
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The movie starts with a high schooler Paul Baumer with many of his other friends including Albert Krupp and Franz Kemmerich sitting in class with their teacher Kantorek talking with them about the superiority and glory of the “Fatherland” and indoctrinated them to enlist in the German army. The friends eventually enter training camp under their Corporal Himmelstoss; who tried to torture Paul every chance he got. After surviving training camp‚ the soldiers got to board a troop train the same time
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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 the horrid experiences of trench warfare. Unlike many other war novels‚ All Quiet on the Western Front does not attempt
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of the classic stories have been promoted as motion pictures and became major celebrations of literature‚ including Erich Maria Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front. Using advanced technology‚ the globe can see Paul Bäumer’s story being vividly retold. However‚ there are both strength and weakness about the film adaptation of the novel. For All Quiet on the Western Front‚ even though both novel and movie portray the main idea‚ the movie version lacks effective emotions and descriptive details
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The novel‚ All Quiet on the Western Front‚ by Erich Maria Remarque has many different themes represented through out it. The main theme that is shown throughout the book is the “Lost Generation” theme. In the foreword‚ Remarque states‚ “This book is to be neither an accusation nor a confession… It will try simply to tell of a generation of men who‚ even though they may have escaped shells‚ were destroyed by the war.” This book focuses on the Lost Generation of the German Army of World War I. The
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Group 1 Johann Gottfried von Herder and Ernest Renan both tried to give a definition to a notion of a nation‚ and the ways they used to do so were‚ seemingly‚ similar. First‚ they both incorporate the idea of nature and its barriers and unifications – mountains and rivers – in their works; however‚ each of them proves different points. Herder argues that “if otherwise mountains had arisen‚ rivers flowed‚ or coasts trended‚ then how very different would mankind have scattered over this tilting place
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Crack! Another bolt of lightning stuck the war-torn ground not too far away from my trench. The small burst of light shined on the bolt lever of my rifle‚ giving me enough time to see my dirt covered face. The date was April 14th‚ 1916. I was stationed in Verdun‚ France. In my childhood years I had dreamed of joining the Canadian Army‚ and I finally got my wish. But the courageous‚ easy‚ and powerful job I once thought of it to be turned out to be depressing‚ hard‚ and it came with little to
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