... He died in October of 1918. The army report for the day of his death said "All quiet on the Western front". Paul's last facial expression was that of gladness because his last breath was taken. This book is not for everyone. It is graphic and crude, and portrays the horrors of war excellently. Some do not appreciate the frankness of what the author shows. However, no man can ... to suffer through battles. Remarque shows that all soldiers are normal people with the same emotions that we have. The strength of these emotions may decrease due to devastating pain, but they are constantly lu...

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All Quiet on the Western Front is a book about the life of a soldier during World War I. It focuses on a young German soldier by the name of Paul Baumer and the changes and struggles he faces throughout the war. Paul is nineteen years old and had survived being in the front, was considered to be a veteran had such a young age. Baumer and his classmates had volunteered for the war and their decision was mainly based upon what their ... schoolteacher had been telling them. The book starts off where the ... ...

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... 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 Erich Maria Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front is one of the greatest war novels of all time. It is a story, not of Germans, but of men, who even though they may have escaped shells, were destroyed by the war. The entire purpose of this novel is to illustrate the vivid horror and raw nature of war and to change the popular belief that war is an idealistic and romantic character. The story centers on ... Paul Baumer, who enlists in the ... aside and forgotten and the years will past, and in the end they will fall into ruin. All Quiet on the Western Front ...

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All quiet on the Western Front is a book by Erick Maria Remarque. It takes place during World War I on the French Front. Paul Baumer is a boy of 19 years, who voluntarily joined the Army with several of his friends after hearing a patriotic speech given at his school. Paul and his friends realized that being patriotic comes with a costs - hard work, brutal life and harsh training. Paul and his friends realized that War is not ... as honorable as it is made to sound ... injures Paul and Kropp. They bribe the surgeon with cigars so that they can be place in a hospital for care. Paul goes throu...

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... friend and father figure, Kat is killed by a piece of shrapnel while Paul is carrying him to safety. By the fall of 1918, Paul is the only surviving member his classmates. Paul is then poisoned in a gas attack and is given leave. In October 1918, Paul is killed on a day with very little fighting. The report for that day read, "All quiet on the Western Front." Paul dies with a smile on his face as if to say ... he is finally peaceful. Nationalism and patriotism were ... ...

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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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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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All quiet on the western front, originally a novel by Erich Maria Remarque. Now can be seen as a movie. They have similarities and differences, but they both give us the same idea of the war as a fatal place, and any simple mistake may cost your life. This is shown several times in both the movie and the novel. In the movie it was shown in the long period of war that the movie represented, but ... establishing the horrors of the fierce war. The movie backed-up some examples form the novel. By using really loud sounds of bombing the movie showed an example of how a shell shock might happen. Alm...

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... a "true German- if you did not enlist. Even in schools the teachers were teaching kids the glory of war all the while leaving out the true horror of life at the front. The movie All Quiet on the Western Front tells the story of a young German named Paul Baumer. In the beginning of the movie Paul is an naive student who has been taught all his life that war is the only way to achieve honor for himself and his family ... . Over the course of the movie Paul changes from a nave, idealistic nationalist to ... ...

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All Quiet on the Western Front All Quiet on the Western Front is a story of a German soldier involved with World War One. The soldiers" name is Paul Baumer, a nineteen-year-old student who is convinced to join the German army by his schoolmaster, Kantorek. Some of his classmates are also convinced to join by Kantorek. While in the service, Paul meets many others who play an important part in his life. The time frame of this story is ... swap. Eventually one man would sleep on the floor and the other in the hammock. Paul and a couple of others planned revenge for the night before they were sen...

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... takes these feelings beyond that in All Quiet on the Western Front. He portrays beauty as a necessity in a world full of blood, guts, loss, fear and death. The beauty of food, nature and women are embedded throughout the novel, providing the soldiers with a means to endure the gruesome situation in which they have been placed. The beauty of food is significant because of the soldiers" attitude and utter appreciation of ... it were a person, taking care of it, enjoying every bit of it, and putting their lives in danger in order to protect and save it. Food is also a symbol of love and gra...

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