... the book better than the film, as I said before, the absence of the feelings make me feel that the film was just a simply story. The book made more sense of the essential of the war, and how the young men had been destroyed in the war. I think the feeling that a book or a film is a very important thing; they helped the readers to understand the theme and brought readers' own thoughts. The book All Quiet on the Western Front has covered all by the ... feelings of young soldiers, and these are the things that film did not achieved. In general I like the book better, but for the ending of ...

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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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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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... written about WWI prior to this. The main character of the story is a young German soldier named Paul Baumer. The story is about Paul and his soldier buddies, and just how they deal with the many aspects of war. The story's main focus is not on the specific battles of the war, but is more concerned with the environment and temperament in which the war is fought. All Quiet on the Western Front deals more with the characters thoughts and fears, and ... how their lives are changed during the war. As Stickel states: Remarque's novel is a successful portrayal of the truths of war because of ...

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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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"All Quiet on the Western Front" Essay War should not be brought upon any country or of any person. People join thinking they are doing something right for the country of that they are fighting for, but the problem is that no one really knows or feels what it is like in war and bloodshed. It's horrifying for anyone of any age, so I"ll tell you. You sit in a trench most ... you sit there to catch a breath from the day before. People on the battlefield lay dead with cold bloody bodies around them. Your tired to the point of death, but you can"t stop for one second knowing that at one moment th...

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... , Dulce Et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen and All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque. We see that the horror of war is not only present during the battle; it remains forever with those who survive. While all the texts show that the horror of war is overwhelming there is some suggestion that out of it emerges some hope. How the horror of war affects men. In Birdsong Stephen ... died at an early age and many never spoke about what happened in the war. It was like it never happened. Elizabeth's mother describes this; "He didn't speak for two years after the war". "What, not a w...

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The novel All Quiet on the Western Front is a war story of the experiences that Paul Baumer encounters while living through the harsh habitat and situations that he and his close friends are put into. The author, Erich Maria Ramarque, makes the reader feel in the action as he describes in depth the countless brushes with death that Baumer goes through while being on the front line in World War 1. It begins when Baumer and a group of his ... friends and classmates have enlisted in the German Army. As the book begins we are already part of the action. The book continues beyond the war and shows...

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