... are blown off, blood flows everywhere, and innocent men die in agony. The clear message is that there is no glory or honor in war because it all will end in death. The reasons that men gave for enlisting were nationalism and patriotism, which were later shown to be false and empty by Remarque. The author makes these claims with example in each ... chapter; the sharing of the boots in chapter one, the dehumanizing of soliders in chapter three, the amount of losses in chapter six, and the effects on the ... " Although he describes the outdoor experience as tranquil and natural, one gets ...

• Word Count: 1190
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

... 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 ... have witnessed but they stay hopeful in a hopeless situation as proof of the staying power of the human spirit. The slight chance that they would return home someday in...

• Word Count: 784
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

... simple vocabulary and believable characters. (2) With the story being told from the viewpoint of the soldier, and with the uncovering of each character, the reader is able to personalize the feelings of the innocent and sometimes horrified boys. The story uses the thoughts and feelings of the soldiers to provoke various reactions from the reader. It is almost impossible to read the story and not feel the pain that the young men are going through: The war has ... to love life and the world; and we had to shoot it to pieces. The first bomb, the first explosion, burst in our hearts We beli...

• Word Count: 1239
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... dispute over whether or not the Gentile converts should be forced to be circumcised and observe the law of the Jews. Paul believed that "the death and resurrection of Jesus, the Messiah or Christ, had broken through the power of sin and death, established the justice of God's kingdom, and inaugurated the final messianic age which would be soon completed with the triumphal return of Christ in glory." (Reid p 287) ... Paul preached that no one could be saved by observation of the law ... that Paul dealt with. Christians were freed from the Mosaic Law and now had the freedom to live as the...

• Word Count: 1200
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School