... up until 1918. It is specifically set on the Western Front, between Germany and France The plot of the novel takes the reader through the experiences of a young German recruit, Paul Baumer, and his fellow soldiers, who were encouraged to enlist by their teacher Kantorek. Kantorek glorified the war so that it would appeal to his then students. He told them that ... friends, Kat is the most resourceful. He is always trying to locate food and gather supplies for the group, and is often very successful. Baumer admires his wittiness and strives to be more like him. Paul's troop is often trap...

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... the working world today. In Erich Maria Remarques All Quiet On The Western Front, Paul Baumer is forced into war like young adults are forced into college. Such pressure from society creates a feeling of distrust and alienation. Paul Baumer was a German soldier who left for war at 19. Although students can visit their ... campus before they enroll, there is no sure way to predict the outcome. They leave their homes in favor of communal bathrooms and lectures. Paul Baumer left the comfort of his home with effort to fulfill duty to his country. At 19 years of age, there have not been many...

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... the working world today. In Erich Maria Remarques All Quiet On The Western Front, Paul Baumer is forced into war like young adults are forced into college. Such pressure from society creates a feeling of distrust and alienation. Paul Baumer was a German soldier who left for war at 19. Although students can visit their ... campus before they enroll, there is no sure way to predict the outcome. They leave their homes in favor of communal bathrooms and lectures. Paul Baumer left the comfort of his home with effort to fulfill duty to his country. At 19 years of age, there have not been many...

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... long removed from society, have become animalistic. Not only do they eat out of a ditch, they go to the bathroom in shared outdoor latrines, which Paul deems better than any "palatial white-tiled 'convenience. " Although he describes the outdoor experience as tranquil and natural, one gets the sense that the men ... for him in the hospital. Muller coldheartedly asks Kemmerich for his leather boots since he will not need them any more as an amputee and Baumer and his friends are considered heroes for beating up Corporal Himmelstoss. The only thing that matters for most soldiers is their pe...

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... Remarque does an impeccable job conveying the torturous misfortunes of war. Through the eyes of Paul Baumer, a young man shipped off to fight, a story is told of hopelessness and desperation on the front lines of WWI. As Baumer experiences starvation and injury among other hardships, the reader begins to comprehend how tragic a ... he killed. AS compassion cam over him, he could no longer face the violence that had taken over his life. Once a cordial and friendly man, Paul Baumer had been made into a monster, lacking all feelings of remorse. This situation describes the emotional ordeal...

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... of the war himself. In this essay, the following issues that the novel brings up will be discussed from the point of view of the main character Paul Baumer in respective order: Routines, the Horrors of war and its effects, and Realistic Descriptions. Routines played a major part in this novel. They were frequently ... significant habit that the soldiers made obvious was the somewhat "skill" in gathering food for himself and his comrades. In one scene, it shows how Paul Baumer and his best friend Katczinsky put on a great show of team work to capture 2 live turkeys and turn them into a mi...

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... 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 German army with glowing enthusiasm. But in the course of war, he is consumed by it and in the end is " ... weary, broken, burnt out, rootless, and without hope." Through Baumer, Remarque examines how war makes man inhuman. He uses excellent words and phrases to describe crucial details to this theme. "The first bomb, the first explosion ... of soldier to deal with this emotional abuse; a soldier who will ...

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... patriotic speeches of their beloved schoolmaster, Mr. Kantorek. The young men soon realize that these ideals of nationalism and patriotism are empty promises. Paul and his friends soon realize that war is not glorious and honorable. He and his fellow comrades start to feel the effects of the ... are dehumanized and de-individualized because they no longer view themselves as individual human beings but rather animals trying to survive the agony of war. Paul Baumer and his classmates volunteer for WWI on the belief in patriotism and nationalism. Their schoolmaster, parents, friends and the...

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... cut off from the very life, which is in fact their birthright, before they had found a set idea for living. Paul Baumer, the narrator of the story, and his fellow classmates unpretentiously enter military service, but much to their chagrin, the realities of war soon revolutionize ... (Krutch Overview 1) The theme of alienation is truly the most deeply felt, though the impact of the war on the spirit is subtle. Paul and his fellow comrades find themselves less and less able to return to civilian life while friends continue to die all around them. Albert complains about ... "Stolen youth...

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... Front "War is hell" is a blunt but true way to describe all wars. This statement portrays Paul Baumer's true feelings pertaining to the gruesome experiences he encountered through the duration of the war, when he was alive. For Paul Baumer a German soldier in World War II, war was more than hell. It changed, and ultimately ... ended his life at a young age. In All Quiet on the Western Front Paul Expresses this idea by stating, "I am young, I am twenty years old ... home ill. He deals with his fellow soldiers dying, and the fact that it could be him dying at any moment. In a sensitive st...

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The story "All Quiet on the Western Front" centers on a young man named Paul Baumer narrates the story. Paul is of the age of nineteen, when he is convinced to enlist in the German army in the World War I. Paul and several of his friends are encouraged to join the army by their teacher Kantorek, ... With today's world and me being of age to go to war, this story was realistic and frightening to me. I could imagine myself walking in Paul's shoes. Remarque novel is simply written, easy to read, and yet portrays life as realistically complicated. The central idea of the novel describes the hor...

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... 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 ... ideas. At dinner he suggests that if all soldiers were treated the equally, fed the equally and got paid the equally, War would immediately stop. Kropp, Paul's friend believes that leaders should set up clubs discussing their disagreements. When it is dark, ...

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All quiet on the Western Front, a novel was written by Erich Maria Remarque, is a great novel that about the World War I. Paul Bãumer was a young man at 19 years old, his high school teacher placed intense pressure on Paul and his classmates to fulfill their "patriotic duty" by enlisting in the army. Those innocent teenagers joined the war barely because of their enthusiasms, when they saw the true meaning of the war, all of their enthusiasms have gone, and they no longer believed that the war is honorable. The war brought everything that are bad to Paul and his friends, the lived in terror a...

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Erich Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front is a novel that graphically depicts the horrors of front-line battles in World War I. Paul Baumer is a German soldier; a young man that signed up to defend his nation's cause with his classmates. Their schoolmaster, a man named Kantorek, ... told them that enlisting was their duty. The leader of their welcoming party was Corporal Himmelstoss. This pitiless man abhorred Paul and Co. and made their lives miserable. Himmelstoss forced the men to do taxing drills in the mud and rain. Although the men resented the corporal ... upon receiving the new...

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... All Quiet on the Western Front is based on the book written by Erich Maria Remarque. It tells the story of a German schoolboy named Paul Baumer who dreamed of someday having heroic glory while serving in the military along with some of his childhood classmates. They told stories and dreamed of battles ... where together, they were the heroes who won the fights , saved lives and became famous. The story begins with a childhood fantasy and ends with Paul and his friends facing the real horror of actual war as a soldier. Their journey is a coming of age tale that tells of the ugliness of ....

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... 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. Soldiers will kill men exactly like them for no other reason than they are from a different country. Paul displays this characteristic in the Gerald Duval incident. "I do not think at all, I make no decision "I strike madly at home, and f...

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Both Paul Baumer of Erich Maria Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front and Brutus of Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Julius Caesar are innocent and trusting when introduced to the reader, but after experiencing indescribable pain, both become realistic stoics without hope for a better life. Both characters' naiveté leads them to make a fatal error. Because of their mistakes, Paul and Brutus suffer horrifying ... the two characters to follow the philosophy of stoicism, and show very little emotion. Because of what they have seen and done, both Paul and Brutus have become indifferent to pleasu...

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"We run, we throw, we shoot, we kill, we lie about, we are feeble, and spent..." -Paul Baumer A book of the tragedy of war expressed in sorrow by Erich Maria Remarque explains All Quiet on the Western Front to be neither an accusation nor ... from a soldier's perspective. "We are at rest five miles behind the front." The importance of this line, the opening line of the book, is to notice that Paul is a first-person narrator, and the first word of the book is "We." This shows how Remarque wanted to display comradeship as such an importance. Being the only ... good thing to come out of the war...

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... Stress Disorder. The significance of this illness can be shown multiple times in All Quiet on the Western Front. Paul Baumer, the narrator of the story, perceives how the war forces him to disconnect himself from everything around him. The war he fought made ... Research Service has found that there were over 15,000 cases of PTSD in both deployed and not deployed soldiers in all services. (August 2003) Paul often describes his thoughts, feelings and experiences throughout the novel that show signs of PTSD. One example of this is when he states that he has ... startled by the screaming o...

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"All Quiet on the Western Front" is one of the most substantial war novels of all time. Written in 1929, the book is about Paul Baumer, the narrator, and his fellow classmates who enlist in the German army during World War 1. These young men become fervent soldiers, but they ... damaged. They have no family or close friends to succor their hardships and distress, therefore confide into their fellow comrades. In the novel, Paul states "We are two men, two-minute sparks of life; outside is the night and the circle of death." (Remarque 94). As ... Paul ogles Kat roasting a goose, he quickly st...

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... of what it would look or be like but still telling you that you don't know what war is till you experience it. In chapter two one of the characters , Paul Baumer, realizes that his ten years of schooling have taught him less than ten weeks as a soldier. War has quickly taught him that only the fittest survive. This young man has ... not have his first love yet. The book says that Paul has been at war and has not had time for love. This novel gives great description on how young people go to war and witness it and in the poem ... ...

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