... horrible images of death and destruction until they break down and go to pieces. Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front is a story of the hardships of Paul Baumer, a nineteen year old student, and his friends as they are dehumanized in the war. Paul was convinced to enlist with the German army by his schoolmaster, Kantorek. Along with many of his friends from school, he ... were very easily convinced by Hitler. The soldiers were also a big voice in Germany so it paid off having them on Hitler's side, so dehumanization played a big role in the difficulties of Europe especially in Germa...

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... 's name. He realizes that the man he killed is no real enemy, that, in fact, he had a family, and is clearly very much like Paul himself. All Quiet on the Western Front is a novel that greatly helps in the understanding what really went on during the battles in World War 1. The book is fiction, but the visuals of the war and life during the war are all true. Remarque accurately describes the new weapons and tactics ... used in the war. He paints pictures of the camps and the battlefields. "The camp is surrounded with high barbed-wired fences ... ...

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... be mislead by the deceptive title - the front was anything but quiet. And though All Quiet on the Western Front may appear, at first glance, as a novel committed to revealing the senseless horrors of modern warfare with an extraordinary fierceness - indeed, it partly was - beneath the graphic prose resides a perception of World War I unprecedented for its time. The advent of Nationalism in late 19th century Europe formed a perilous situation for the citizens of every ... for his literary genius and despised by the ultra-Nationalist Nazi regime - the latter held book burnings of All Quie...

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... I know this time around that I wouldn't be able to put the book down. Partially just because the book itself was interesting, yet mainly because my 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 ... ...

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All Quiet On the Western Front: A Critical Essay Of Interpretation Erich Maria Remarque writes of many moral and ethical dilemmas, and political situations with which he conveys his opinion of war. Remarque was a pacifist, one who opposes the use of force under any circumstance. He clearly used his novel, All Quiet on the Western Front, as a means to illustrate his anti- nationalist views. Remarque harshly critiques ... nationalism through his main character Paul Baumer and the other soldiers, who recognize that their real enemies are not across the trenches, but in high offices in their ... ...

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... and rendered helpless, subjected to constant threat 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 ... ...

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... of feeling anything. But were the people 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 tha...

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... In essence, war has developed into a chess match between the players, or countries leaders, where the chess pieces are the soldiers told to fight for their country. Meanwhile, on the inside, the soldiers crushed innocence leads them to fight for survival. As shown in All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque, Kat reveals the reason for Himmelstoss' unfair treatment when he says, " ... This is especially clear in the recent "war on terror" created by George Bush, which rose his approval ratings exceptionally high. The patriotic feelings released by the "War on Terror" is als...

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... Remarque 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 ... 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 gratitude in All Q...

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... 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 describes the experiences of German soldier Paul Baumer and his comrades during the war. The novel illustrates the soldiers' physical and psychological effects during the war, and how they are unable to re-attach to ordinary civilian lifestyle once they return home from ... alongside Your Friends" create feelings of exhilaration and thrill to be able to fight alongside your "friends". In the novel All Quiet on th...

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