All Quiet On The Western Front - The Senselessness Of War
All Quiet On The Western Front (AQOTWF) was written by Erich Maria Remarque and is set in world war one, beginning in 1916 and ending in November 1918, when the armistice called a halt to the war. Remarques aim is to illustrate the horror and senselessness of war. Remarque achieves his aim by exploring the many facets of horror and Senselessness through the use of 5 strong examples. Early in the novel, Remarque gives the reader the impression that the soldiers from Paul’s troop are everyday teenagers, that what happened to them could have happened to anybody at the time. This resulted in the reader being greatly affected when the soldiers experienced the Horrors and senselessness of war.Senselessness is clearly portrayed in its first example in AQOTWF. The men in the company have just finished a heated argument with their training master Himmelstoss, and are reflecting on what the got them into. They calculate that after about five months at the front, of the original 20 classmates, 8 remain and 12 are out-of-action, “(Quote)”. An emotiona
A strong example of horror in AQOTWF is the night of screaming horses. The comrades are sitting quietly and listening to a bombardment a few kilometers away. Cries are heard between the explosions. A couple of horses were shot in the neck, and deterring (a farmer) who is very fond of horses, cannot bear the cries. The cries are unbearable, they are the moaning of the world. Eventually the horses stumble into sight of the comrades, the images that greet them are sickening, “(Quote)”. The most definite depiction of senselessness in the novel is the fact that the Germans are led to believe that the French deserve to be killed, that they are different in some way, that the world would be better off without them. Paul finds that this is not the case when he discovers a French Printer, Gerard Duval, lying next to him in a shell hole. Paul cannot bring himself to kill the Frenchman, “(Quote)” Perhaps the most horrible and senseless spectacle of the war is that of trench warfare. Proof of this is found in chapter six of AQOTWF. The French are bo
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Approximate Word count = 710
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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