... to become opposed to the other man's group. The soldiers in All Quiet on the Western Front also have a struggle with the value of one's life and the absence of value in another man's, as I am sure every soldier who goes through a war must. The soldiers place great value on the lives of their countrymen and allies, but very little on the lives of the enemy, except for the instance where Paul, the character telling the story in first person ... . In "Some Barbarian Is Waving My Shield" by Archilochus, the person telling this story escapes with his life losing his shield. Should the charact...

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... 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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... occasions. And most of them are no older the 18 years. And on every occasion, the message that gets across to the reader is the loss of young life. It was reality and still is in some situations in the present day. And due their youth and inexperience, the new recruits were the most vulnerable when fighting on the front. The final aspect of "All Quiet on the Western Front" is the novels fantastic yet realistic descriptions. Every single ... of imagery but also the conveyance of emotions. All revolving around Paul Baumer, the main character. The highlight of this emotive language is when...

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... day wondering if it will be your last. That is what the main character Paul goes through in the anti-war novel All Quiet On the Western Front by Erich Remarque. It is about a young man who has been fighting on the front for the Germans during WWI. He has to face the horrors of war through gas attacks, full on charges, and close combat. All Quiet On the Western Front is a great book for several reasons. One excellent thing about ... this book is the foreshadowing. Foreshadowing is when the author indicates beforehand that an ... ...

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... 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 at the heart of every soldier in WWI. Paul and his friends were taught that patriotism required suppressing ... volunteers of the war because of the strong sense of nationalism...

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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 ... in the novel it was all emotional. It made me think about the emotions of different peolpe towards the death of one person. I think Franz Kemmerich is the most memorable character. He had a special ...

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