All Quiet on the Western Front Review The opening scene of All Quiet on the Western Front was intriguing and included a bit of foreshadowing of events to come. A teacher was teaching German nationalism in a school, telling the students they were the future of Germany. The teacher explained that they, the future soldiers, would make Germany superior to the rest of Europe. It was interesting that the teacher was talking about World War I in the class, and this beginning was
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Kevin Sanchez Ms. Gorrell English 10 HON 28 August 29, 2013 Biography of Erich Maria Remarque Enrich Maria Remarque was born in 22 June 1898 and died in 25 September 1970. Was a German author and was known for writing the novel All Quiet on the Western Front. It was in Osnabruck where Remarque was raised, developing boyhood interests of fishing and butterfly collecting. In Catholic school, he was labeled as talented and gifted. Music, specifically the piano, became an important part of his life
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David Campbell Remarque, Erich Maria. All quiet on the western front. United States: Ballentine books, 1982. An insider’s perspective on the brutality of World War 1. When Erich Maria Remarque wrote All Quiet On The Western Front, he created a story unlike any that had been seen before. Novels based on warfare tend to be romanticized; this is partly due to the fact that history tends to be written by the victors. While writing All Quiet On The Western Front, Remarque was able to tell the story
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All Quiet on the Western Front In the war novel, All Quiet on the Western Front, Erich Remarque uses first person point of view to describe and introduce the hardships that soldiers endure in war. Remarque shows the extents the soldiers are willing go in order to have pleasure and leisure during the war. He uses the main characters, Kat and Paul, to show how the two go to great extents to ease the hardships of war. Erich Remarque uses the literary element of the first person point
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All Quiet on the Western Front All Quiet on the Western Front could definitely be considered an anti-war novel. The changes the characters in the novel subjected themselves to throughout the book allow the reader to view the negative effects soldiers went through during, as well as after the war. Anti-war means that you are against the war and leaning more towards the idea of peace. This novel showed the dissatisfaction and disappointment in each character once they begun to truly
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The Betrayal in War All Quiet on the Western Front is an autobiographical novel, written by Erich Maria Remarque, and was published in 1928. Remarque had fought for the German army on the Western front in World War I and had become a militant pacifist. From his experiences in World War I, Remarque had written All Quiet on the Western Front, a novel that talks about how young men are tricked into thinking that going to war is a glorious, honorable thing; but in reality it leaves men traumatized
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All Quiet on the Western Front Erich Maria Remarque, the author of All Quiet on the Western Front successfully conveys many of his views on war to the reader. Remarque tells the story of Paul Baumer, a twenty-year-old German soldier who enlists with many of his classmates into the German infantry of World War one. Through the story of Paul Baumer, Remarque portrays many of his own views on war and can vividly explain these views to the reader. Throughout the story Remarque shows the personal struggles
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The war novel, All Quiet on the Western Front, is written by Erich Maria Remarque and is based on a real soldier’s experience during World War I. The main character, Paul, is a twenty-year-old German soldier who is greatly affected by the war. The lost generation war brings out the worst in people as well as the best in people are all themes exhibited by Remarque throughout the book to show the positive and negative aspects of war. Paul, only being twenty years of age had been stripped of his
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Being a young man heading off to war is considered one of the self sacrificial jobs of all time. The characters in “All Quiet on the Western Front” were not informed about what war was about and how it would affect their life. They simply obeyed the powers of authority. My role as a War Correspondent is to document and record the reality of war, the trauma’s and the joys of comradeship that comes out of war. By doing this I have followed 4 young men from the start to now the end of their journey
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war, and he said this quote as he was on a mission to raze the South to the ground. At the beginning of the book Paul is a hopeful soldier. It will end only as what you would expect of watching all of your friends die and spending years at the front. Erich Maria Remarque wrote All Quiet on the Western Front to show us the horrors of war, and in vain to teach us lesson, that we finally realized by WWII. The story follows the life of a 19 year old schoolboy pressed into service by his teacher, trained
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thing that has happened in this war is all of the friendships that I have made. My soldier friends and I have shared experiences in the war that have brought us close to together. Unfortunately the war has caused the death of some of friends and this makes me unhappy. I hate being on the front and being in trenches because there is a chance that I might die and I don’t want to die. I have known people that have died while being in a trench or on the front and I am sad that they have died. The
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All Quiet on the Western Front is a fictional account of a German soldier’s experience in World War I. Although written and marketed as fiction, the novella relies heavily on the wartime experience of the author, Erich Maria Remarque. Remarque, a German veteran of World War I, wrote the novella to show how war can suppress the ability of an individual to cope with the drama and stress of battle. Remarque completed the novella in 1927, nearly ten years after he joined the German army at the tender
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Jenney Chen Honors English 3rd Period - Alderson February 2, 2015 The Realities of War In the novel of WWI, All Quiet on the Western Front, the author, Erich Maria Remarque, teaches us many important lessons about the peculiar brutalities of WWI, but also about the nature of war in general. Paul Baumer, the narrator and main protagonist of the book, describes the life-threatening experiences and adverse conditions of soldiers stranded in wartime. Although Remarque defines Paul and his generation
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anti-war movement novels of all time, All Quiet on the Western Front. The voice of the novel, Paul Baumer, describes his daily life as a soldier during the First World War. Through the characters he creates in the novel, Remarque addresses his own issues with the war. Specifically, Remarque brings to light the idea of the “Iron Youth,” the living conditions in the trenches, and the sense of detachment soldiers feel, among other things. Therefore, All Quiet on the Western Front criticizes the sense of
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Lafferty English 4 7 May 2015 All Quiet on the Western Front If a typical teenager would describe a war, he/she would probably refer to some action movies or videos games. The assumption about war is, by their view that war is all about endless action without leaving any “mental scars” and effects on the soldiers. All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Remarque suggests otherwise. The book describes Paul's experience in the second company while fighting on French western front in the First World War.
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Austin Mendez Mr. Little August 13th 2014 ACCP U.S. History ACCP Book Review The Guns of August and All Quiet on the Western Front, are two very well written novels about World War I. The authors, Erich Maria Remarque and Barbara W. Tuchman, are considered to be two of the most influential authors to write about the first world war. In these two novels there are very detailed descriptions of all of the hardships and complications of the war. The rich detail that the authors put into describing the soldiers emotions and actions is
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book: The title of the book is All Quiet on the Western Front. The author of this book is Erich Maria Remarque. The meaning of the title of this book is basically what the title reads. It takes place on the Western Front of the German side of World War I. The front here is the front lines of the section of the war between Germany and the French and the British. And the quiet implied in the title is kind of opposite to its meaning. Nothing is ever quiet on the front. When the title is mentioned in
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All Quiet on the Western Front Introduction The book provides an overview and a different perspective concerning the World War I. Through the experience of Paul as depicted in the book, one is inclined to sympathize with the enemies while attempting to identify what defines an enemy. The experience of Paul as depicted may steer one to questioning the reasons for war. “All quiet on the Western Front” provides an overview of the World War I through six German fighters who offered to fight in the war
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Angelo Padilla Dawn Ross Per 5 Eng 2A All Quiet on the Western Front War, war never changes. Since the dawn of human kind, when our ancestors first discovered the killing power of a rock and bone, blood has been shed. Spilled in the name of God, the belief of justice, and in simple rage. One wrong move, and an all out war begins, with both sides believing they are doing the world a favor. As both sides quarrel, the lives of countless men are lost for their views. As the war
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influenced their writing, how characters have been influenced by real people and how texts have been related to important events in their lives. The authors and novels I have chosen to explore are; To kill a mocking bird by Harper Lee, all quiet on the western front by Erich Maria Remarque, slaughterhouse five by kurt Vonnegut, Once Were Warriors by Alan Duff and Rocky by Sylvester Stallone. Question 1 How has the authors’ time period and location influenced their writing? To kill a Mockingbird
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Roland by Frederick Goldin and All Quiet on the Western Front by Remarque. These texts represent how human experiences are conquered by the will and motivations for one to survive. The pride within a soldier is gained by the survival through making it out of warfare. The honor afterwards defines a character, giving them strength. As Roland fails to survive he turned his toward the Saracen hosts, and this is why: with all his heart he wants King Charles the Great and all his men to say, he died, that
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All Quite on the Western Front: A Casualty of Love War does not determine who is right, only who is left. In the novel, All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque, Paul Bäumer contemplates over why men of million are sent to fight out a dispute that originated between just two. In the story, a young Paul Bäumer is sent to fight in World War I on the Western Front against Russia. During his service Paul and the friends he has in the Second Company are put through many rigors and experience
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of esprit de corps, which in the field developed into the finest thing that arose out of the war - comradeship." P26 In Remarque's depiction of World War 1 trench warfare, outlined in the book, All Quiet on the Western Front there are no such things as heroes or self-sacrificing victims, It all comes down to a group of men whom has barely anything in common at the very first but ends up as relatives due to the comradeship that is developed. You might think something like "Hey they have got
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destroy an individual? War often has profound and drastic effects on an individual. It deeply wounds the soul and deprives the body. Erich Maria Remarque investigates these damaging effects on an individual’s fragile identity in his novel, All Quiet on the Western Front. Paul Bäumer, the protagonist of Remarque’s novel, is a soldier in World War I, but more importantly, a victim of the spiritually and mentally depriving conditions of war. Paul, a young, artistic boy before the war, enlists into the German
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Sara Hawken German: 50:470:262 10 Feb. 15 The Horror of War All is Quiet on the Western Front is considered to be arguably the greatest anti-war novel of all time due to its overriding theme of the terrible brutality and horror of war. While most novels romanticize the glory and honor that war evokes, Erich Maria Remarque portrays the events as they are actually experienced by military soldiers during World War I. In contrast to common ideals of patriotic duty and heroism, he instead describes
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All Quiet on the Western Front, is greatly impacted by the views of many characters. The most important being Paul Baumer. Paul Baumer is the main character in the novel and his point of view effects the outcome of the story the most. As the war progresses he offers views on certain subjects based on his prior knowledge. As Paul meets new people in the military and is included in many battles he is able to add on to his prior knowledge which improves his ability to address many problems he finds
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Do or Die on the Western Front In Remarque’s novel All Quiet on the Western Front Paul traverses through the harsh times of World War I. From peace at camp to chaos on the front, from angry officers to a friend who supplies you with food, from a mask of not caring to crying like a child. Remarque Shows his technical ability as a writer to compare and contrast different scenes to emphasis the difference and harsh reality of war. Throughout the novel Remarque contrasts different scenes for example
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Erich Maria Remarque in All Quiet on the Western Front shows of us of the terrifying moments in war and how the men survive through it. The important scene that struck me was when a man named Behm was the first person to be killed. Paul recalls his schoolmaster, Kantorek, a fiercely patriotic man who persuaded many of Paul’s friends to enlist as volunteers to prove their patriotism. Joseph Behm, one such young man, was hesitant but eventually gave in to Kantorek’s unrelenting pressure. It struck
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Anna Standridge Mrs. Worthington Hour 2 Essay As readers of Erich Maria Remarque’s book All Quiet on the Western Front we see what war is like from a German soldier’s standpoint. The central character, Paul, is a young man that fights in the trenches who personality contradicts with the way war is, essentially war causes Paul’s state of mind to change, along with the way he behaves, this can be said for all of the other soldiers. At first, Paul’s thoughts of joining the army were hesitant but relatively
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home as a hero of their country. Unfortunately, this was not the case. Being in the war on the front line meant certain death. The front is described by soldiers as “a cage in which [they] must await fearfully whatever may happen” (Remarque, 101). This theme of the war going from a dream to a real nightmare in the eyes of the soldiers is reoccurring throughout the novel, “All Quiet on the Western Front”. Remarque describes the pain that the soldiers go through along with their environmental condition
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