... that took place behind the lines. Letters from the front were received regularly, the hobby of writing relieving the boredom felt in many of the quieter parts of the line, both letter writing, and poetry helping to pass the time, while helping their families to feel more secure in the knowledge that they were OK and in good spirits. Poems written like Rupert Brookes" The Soldier and the one in source F also ... who told the youth it was "good and right to fight" unlike Jesse Pope's The Game which suggested that war was merely like a slightly more vicious game of rugby, in which a soldie...

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... innocence completely. Remarque parallels this downward spiral within the actions and emotions of Paul Baumer, the novel's narrator and protagonist. Early in the text, the uniqueness of Baumer stands out. He writes poetry and is considerably gentle and kind - a representation of all things good in the world. Even he, however, cannot sustain the relentless hellishness of the War. With each fallen "comrade- and sight ... of torturous brutality, his uniqueness was eroded away by the mass devastation of war. He is no longer Paul - or even a German, for that matter ... face seemed calm, "as t...

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... -term consequences outweigh them by a landslide. Gandhi once commented, "I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary, the evil it does is permanent." The quote describes how even though violence appears to be a viable solution, the benefits are only temporary and will only promote further mayhem. World War I was an international war centered in Europe that began ... was stretched to four years and ended in 1918 when countries of the Central Powers signed armistice agreements. The novel All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque describe...

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... named Hindenburg put it, "In the event of a resumption of hostilities we can . . . defend our frontiers in the east. In the west, however, we can scarcely count on being able to withstand a serious offensive . . . The success of the operation as a whole is very doubtful, but as a soldier I cannot help feeling that it ... Other lands that were taken from Germany were not lands taken over by Germany but always a part of them and those lands include the Saar which was a coal field was given to France for fifteen years and after those fifteen years they then would have to decide ... Africa,...

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... threat. Most Germans perceived it as a great national humiliation. Hitler, finally recovered from his injury, and still officially a soldier, joined a Para-military militia of war veterans who clashed with the communists in the streets of German cities. He was then given the task of closely monitoring a tiny right-wing political group called 'German Worker's Party'. Hitler quickly realized that their ideas ... long time costly militarism that was previously paid for by the fruits of victories, had no victory now to pay its huge national debt, and the government ignored good economical a...

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