... was great to have a change with a creative conclusion. I believe that the title corresponded greatly with the whole aspect of this novel. My first thoughts were that ''All Quiet on the Western Front'' was simply just a title for a piece. The outlook of this title means so much more to me as I know what it is originally meant to signify in the first place. I look up to Erich Maria Remarque's thoughtfulness for coming ... up with a fantastic title, as everything is indeed quiet when the last soldier (in this case, Paul) remaining, dies ... ...

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... the zone where the front begins and become on instant human animals. (55-56 All Quiet on the Western Front) This transformation happens in both novels and soon we begin to see the actions of the characters in both novels reflecting their psychological change. After being in war for a certain amount of time it is obvious that it will begin to take a toll on person both mind and body. In All Quiet on the Western Front ... he went insane since he attempts to paddle across the Mediterranean Sea in a rubber raft all the way to Sweden a near impossible task just to escape. All of the factors o...

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... this can be shown in multiple cases. Multiple examples of the truth of this statement can be found within the novel All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque. Within this book it is shown many times how a situation in the story relates to this quote. One situation in All Quiet on the Western Front that can directly relate to this quote is how all the soldiers of the war regardless of side, are fighting for another persons ... " cause. Many times it is shown in this story that although the issue of the war was not ... ...

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... cannot visualize himself going back to his life in the past. In chapter 7, the narrator speaks, "It is I of course that have changed in the interval but now I see that I have been crushed without knowing it. I find I do not belong here anymore, it is a foreign world." (CHAPTER 7 QUOTE). "All Quiet on the Western Front" showed a great portrayal of how the men in the novel can relate to actual soldiers in real ... life by the interaction between their fellow comrades, the psychological problems they faced, and their feeling of isolation from the real world. Remarque's use of comradeship t...

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... different in nature than he himself is. As Paul spoke to the body of Gerard Duval, in All Quiet on the Western Front, these realizations were brought to is mind; just as they were in chapter eight when he saw the Russian prisoners and concluded that the war had forced men who were not enemies to fight each other. The characteristics that Paul portrayed in the novel were that of an altruistic ... stamp, had been distorted from when they were school boys to the new stamp being the mark of a soldier which changed them forever. For the great number of youths that were lost in this war troug...

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... your last. That is what the main character Paul goes through in the anti-war novel All Quiet On the Western Front by Erich Remarque. It is about a young man who has been fighting on the front for the Germans during WWI. He has to face the horrors of war through gas attacks, full on charges, and close combat. All Quiet On the Western Front is a great book for several reasons. One excellent thing about this book is the foreshadowing. Foreshadowing is when the author indicates beforehand ... that an event will occur through clues. The first example of foreshadowing is between ... ...

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... feelings and emotions with the help of descriptive texts in literature. Both the novel All Quiet On the Western Front and the poem "The Man He Killed" help to portray the image of the effects and feelings of warfare. In the novel All Quiet On the Western Front, Remarque does an impeccable job conveying the torturous misfortunes of war. Through the eyes of Paul Baumer, a young man shipped off to fight, a story is told of hopelessness and desperation on the front lines of WWI. As ... Baumer experiences starvation and injury among other hardships, the reader begins ... ...

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All Quiet on the Western Front I chose the book entitled All Quiet on the Western Front, by Erich Maria Remarque. This book appealed to me because I am very interested in World War One. I wanted to learn more about the experiences of a German soldier who fought during that particular time period. The novel is set on a German warfront from 1917 up until 1918. It is specifically set on the Western Front, between Germany and France The plot of the novel takes the reader through the experiences of a young ... anyone who wants to learn more about the Great War. Sometimes the book is objective rath...

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... a more realistic version and described the of the War and all its horrors involved. He did not sugarcoat the evils and he did this so that the people who were not involved directly would know exactly how awful it really was. All Quiet on the Western Front is a classic War novel, one of the best of all time. The way in which Remarque describes the War and the front line is truly incredible. The details are something that no author ... during Remarques time period dared to do, and no one had experienced before. The fact that Remarque told of all the horrifying events makes this novel very...

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... occasions. And most of them are no older the 18 years. And on every occasion, the message that gets across to the reader is the loss of young life. It was reality and still is in some situations in the present day. And due their youth and inexperience, the new recruits were the most vulnerable when fighting on the front. The final aspect of "All Quiet on the Western Front" is the novels fantastic yet realistic descriptions. Every single moment of Paul ... 's experiences is described in fine and concise detail. From the emotions he feels to the people he kills to the bodies he picks up to...

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War is, at the same time, the most terrible and the greatest of human experiences. Is this the view conveyed in All quiet on the western front? In the novel "All quiet on the western front" by Erich Maria Remarque we see clearly that war is a most terrible experience, with its great horror and ability to destroy a human, not only physically but also mentally. However accompanying this horror is an extraordinary comradeship and friendship that is seen in both the sad and happy times ... bringing the ... ...

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All Quiet on the Western Front The novel All Quiet on the Western Front portrays all the negatives of war. It shows how a war goes from an adventure to a reality. The German soldiers in the novel were school kids that had no idea what war was really like. They looked at it as an adventure and an opportunity to be considered heroes. At least that is what Kantorek drilled into their heads. He did not display the horrors of the ... around them on their way back to the station. He returns to the station realizing Kat died on the way back when a shell landed and hit him. Paul did not realize this u...

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Nearer Than Lovers From beginning to end, friendship plays an essential role in the book All Quiet on the Western Front, by Enrich Remarque. It is the single driving force for the soldiers who know nothing but of death and demolition. The soldiers" friendships give them a will to fight, and a shred of hope in a surely desperate situation. Throughout the novel, you see a unique, incomparable bond between Katczinsky, a forty-year-old veteran and Paul ... post war plans, and their answers were extremely vague. They had no idea what to say. With this Remarque is trying to explain the soldiers fea...

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... pages of his book All Quiet on the Western Front summarises the theme of his entire text by dedicating it to "a generation that was destroyed by the war - even those who survived the shelling". This text is the tragic account of a young man, and the other millions of young men killed or emotionally and mentally shattered by World War I. The novel is brutally honest and is told from the unique first-person viewpoint of a young German ... , glory and romance of war. He shows instead the animal brutality, the torn and horrible human disfigurement, the dread, the anxiety and soul-deadening s...

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All Quiet on the Western Front All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque is considered an anti-war novel through examples of the horror and waste of human life during war time. Throughout the novel, the death and destruction caused by battle is clearly depicted. The major theme of the novel dwells on the waste and emptiness of war. Thousands of lives are lost just because a few men in authority want more land and more power. Ordinary people, with ... makes these claims with example in each chapter; the sharing of the boots in chapter one, the dehumanizing of soliders in chapter t...

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... background knowledge from class made the novel so much more appealing. All Quiet on the Western Front, by Erich Maria Remarque gives the first hand experiences of World War I; living in the trenches at the front line, dealing with the hardships of war, and also substituting everyday life for the war and its aftermath. Although an easy piece to read, the novel is better supported by a clearer understanding beforehand of the war itself and exactly how ... and why it was brought about. Very early on in the novel ... ...

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All Quiet on the Western Front In All Quiet on the Western Front there are a few themes. One is the malevolence at war of the war to end and other is the effect off the war on the soldier. The effect of the war on the soldier is very obvious when the new soldier come after all of the deaths. It I s sad that the new soldiers are very young and nave, but in reality they are the same age and they just do not have the experience of war like Paul and ... the ... ...

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The story "All Quiet on the Western Front" centers on a young man named Paul Baumer narrates the story. Paul is of the age of nineteen, when he is convinced to enlist in the German army in the World War I. Paul and several of his friends are encouraged to join the army by their teacher Kantorek, who would never join the army himself. After enlisting in the army, Paul and his friends trained under a cruel Corporal Himmelstoss, a strictly disciplined ... in "Kat" and in anything he said or done. Kat was resourceful and always finding food, clothing, and blankets for Paul and his young friends....

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... that said these remarks in the battles? Did they experience the same horrors as the fighting soldiers? Perhaps these soldiers killed many people in the course of doing their job, but it does not mean they are no longer human. Maybe instead of criticizing these men and women we should learn from them. The novel All Quiet On The Western Front, written by Erich Maria Remarque, is a novel about soldiers and war ... . Throughout the experiences of Paul Baumer, as presented in this novel, we are able to learn a great deal about war. First, one thing that we can ... ...

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The novel All Quiet on the Western Front by Remarque has revealed the horrifying and devastating effects of war on humanity. Instead of presenting, like many other novels did before, the glorifying and heroic aspects of war, Remarque showed how innocent and young soldiers became victims of a terror. In addition, Remarque critiqued the negative role of authority, patriotism and nationalism that placed pressure on the youngster's decision about enlisting during the World War I. Through main ... character's, Paul Bummer, narration the reader is introduced to the effect of war on individuals as ...

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War isn't all you think it is, it has much more to deal with then just killing people. The author of All Quiet on the Western Front ,Erich Maria Remarque, and the poet of "Dulce Et Decorum Est", Wilfred Owen, have similar opinions on war. Threw out there writings they give examples of how war can hurt a person, not just by fighting but also by different feelings. Both authors wrote about the ugliness ... of war and how its not all you do is fight but you are ... . If people did understand what he wants then they would understand the true meaning of how war really is. The novel All Quite on th...

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To Kill a Mockingbird is as much a story about principles as it is about parallels. Many references were made to mockingbirds, and how some people in the novel are like them. In the novel "To kill a Mockingbird" in my opinion the author had a special purpose in mind when she wrote the characters of Tom Robinson, and Aurthur "Boo" Radley, and the title. Throughout this essay, I will explore the relationship between the characters of Tom Robinson and Boo Radley. In the novel, Harper Lee uses the saying "It's a sin to kill a mockingbird," to explain a lot of parts in the story. A good example of ...

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... English 10 Poor Boys In the novel All Quiet on the Western Front, the French girl's remark, "the war- great sadness- poor boys" is true of the events described in the novel in many respects because of the future hopes and dreams the men lost, the youth and innocence that was taken away from them, and the families and friends that were removed from their lives for good. First, the young soldiers in World ... took a heavy toll on the soldiers who fought in it. the terror of death infested the minds of the soldiers until they broke down. Baumer admitted that the war cut down at hit line of...

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