... filled with references and description of the "Lost Generation" is All Quiet on the Western Front, by Erich Maria Remarque. Remarque, who himself had been drafted into the German army, came out completely lost and disillusioned. He went through many different jobs, not knowing what he wanted out of life anymore. Like Remarque, Paul, the main character of All Quiet, went into the war full of hopes and dreams ... of the life he would someday live. ... motives were greed and corruption. The men knew this, and lost all trust in the older generation. They came out of the war very emotionles...

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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 ... death. They have nothing to forward to but years of rage. They have experienced the horrors of war but not experienced enjoys of life. They will ...

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... destroyed by the war."" The book is peppered with examples of the "Lost Generation,"" as well as images of man's inhumanity to man. Remarque states simply that this is not a book that exemplifies war by encompassing a love story, nor by turning it into an adventure, "for death is not an adventure to those who stand face to face with it."" Through the character of Paul ... Baumer, Remarque illustrates these recurring themes and the effects of the war on the Lost Generation. In times of war, average citizens are taught to kill anything that does not carry the same flag as they do. Soldier...

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... of death, and forced to witness the mutilation and deaths of their comrades many young soldiers experienced a total destruction of the personality. In All Quiet on the Western Front Erich Maria Remarque shows how an entire generation of men, (those who entered the war fresh from school, knowing nothing except the environment of hopeful youth) were, if not physically, then mentally destroyed by the war. The main character Paul Baumer is a compassionate and ... sensitive young man; before the war he loved his family, his books, and ... ...

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