... of a German soldier who fought during that particular time period. The novel is set on a German warfront from 1917 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 ... , and he constantly sees destruction, both emotion and physical, all around him. He is gracious and relieved in the fall when his troop is allowed to leave the front and take a rest in the rear. Baumer is soon granted a leave to go home, even though h...

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All Quiet on the Western Front is a compelling novel. It's unique in that it offers the western world an opportunity to view World War 2 from a Germans eyes. The purpose of the novel is to show an ordinary German soldiers" perspective on ... 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 moment of Paul's experiences is described in fine and concise detail. From the ... choking mus...

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All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque is a suspense filled War novel that describes in detail the horrors of World War I in Germany. ... happen and detailed scenes are something that Erich Remarque had witnessed. Remarque was a soldier during the first World War and actually had a stint on the front at one time. This is important knowledge for the reader to have, because although the main character is not Remarque himself, many of the instances told ... a generation of men who, even though they may have escaped shells, were destroyed by the war (Remarque). Erich Remarque w...

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... . 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 ... to describe every bird, flower, person, and scenery. At one point in the story, Paul is riding in 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 ... . The novel diligently chronicles the mindset of a soldier in World War I while also simultaneously detailing the horrors of battle. The soldiers in All Quiet on the Western Front depict relations with soldiers in real life by their comradeship, psychological issues, and isolation from the real world. One might say nothing auspicious ever comes out of war ... see that I have been crushed without knowing it. I find I do not belong here an...

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War is, at the same time, the most terrible and the greatest of human experiences. Is this the view conveyed in All quiet on the western front? In the novel "All quiet on the western front" by Erich Maria Remarque we see clearly that war is a most terrible experience, with its great horror and ability to destroy a human, not only physically but also mentally. However ... the soldiers together to cope with that horror of the war. This comradeship seen in the novel is the only value that has been retained by the soldiers on the front, despite the loss of all others. Towards the end of the novel...

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... can be shown in multiple cases. Multiple examples of the truth of this statement can be found within the novel All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque. Within this book it is shown many times how a situation in the story relates to this quote. One situation in All Quiet ... on the Western Front that can directly relate to this quote is how all the soldiers of the war regardless of side, are fighting for another persons" cause. Many ... soldiers are used as pawns to solve it, and they will do so until they completely fulfill their promise. Another example of how All Quiet...

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All Quiet on the Western Front The novel All Quiet on the Western Front portrays all the negatives of war. It shows how a war goes from an adventure to a reality. The German soldiers in the novel were school kids that had no idea what ... cancer. Nothing is the same for Paul anymore. Paul begins to wish he never came home because it just reminds him of the pain of war. Paul returns to the front and is put into a horrible position. While retreating Paul jumps and hides in a hole made by a bomb. A French soldier runs into the hole and Paul quickly kills him. With constant ... at an end. Paul ...

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All Quiet on the Western Front All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque is considered an anti-war novel through examples of the horror and waste of human life during war time. Throughout the novel ... ; 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 home front in the final chapters. In Chapter 1, we have the occurrence with Kemmerich's boots. When Kemmerich's expensive boots are brought back to him in the hospital, the boys ... to the battles in the animal kingdom, and the compan...

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... Erich Maria Remarque, I was touched by the many events happening throughout the end. ''...on a day otherwise so calm that the army report merely stated 'All quiet on the Western Front.' '' I feel strongly about the author's rather unique way of ending the novel. In my novel history that I have read, rarely have I encountered a novel where the title made a connection at the ... was great to have a change with a creative conclusion. I believe that the title corresponded greatly with the whole aspect of this novel. My first thoughts were that ''All Quiet on the Western Front'' was simply ...

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... 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 ... . His room and old lifestyle is no longer who he is. The books and poems and collections that sit before him are those of a stranger. Home is back at the front, back with Kat and the others. I found two parts of th...

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Remarque in the first pages of his book All Quiet on the Western Front summarises the theme of his entire text by dedicating it to "a generation that was destroyed by the war - even those who survived the shelling". This text is the tragic account ... of "modern" mechanized trench warfare. Remarque brutally strips away these misconceptions with his grimly poetic prose to reveal truth. As Baumer and his young friend are increasingly desensitized on the western front, their only small joys come from having a modicum of decent food to eat, and the empty satisfaction of their sexual drives in br...

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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 ... enlisting in the army, Paul and his friends trained under a cruel Corporal Himmelstoss, a strictly disciplined commander who dislikes Paul and his friends. He sends them to the front line to face the enemy. Blood and death become a part of their everyday life. Therefore, Paul and his friends had come to the conclusion that the ideals of ... patriotism taught by their teacher Kantorek, were just flowery words. When ...

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War isn't all you think it is, it has much more to deal with then just killing people. The author of All Quiet on the Western Front ,Erich Maria Remarque, and the poet of "Dulce Et Decorum Est", Wilfred Owen, have similar opinions on war. Threw out there writings they give examples of how war can hurt a ... understand what he is seeing. If people did understand what he wants then they would understand the true meaning of how war really is. The novel All Quite on the Western Front is very similar to the poem Owen wrote just in much more depth. Both of these writers show the ugliness of war an...

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Nearer Than Lovers From beginning to end, friendship plays an essential role in the book All Quiet on the Western Front, by Enrich Remarque. It is the single driving force for the soldiers who know nothing but of death and demolition. The soldiers" friendships give them a will to fight, and a shred ... Remarque is trying to explain the soldiers fear for the end of the war, more that the war itself. Friendship plays a crucial role in the novel All Quiet on the Western Front. The paramount relationship in the story is the relationship between Kat and Paul. Kat and Paul share a bond unlike any ...

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Despite the dictates of nationalism, one's rivals are no different in nature than he himself is. As Paul spoke to the body of Gerard Duval, in All Quiet on the Western Front, these realizations were brought to is mind; just as they were in chapter eight when he saw the Russian prisoners and concluded that the war had forced men who were ... . For the great number of youths that were lost in this war trough hatred and selfishness, this group of "young old men" are the "lost generation." All Quiet on the Western Front attempted to explain the purpose of war and its uselessness. It was a story o...

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... 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 is slowly taking everything Paul and other troops once loved and felt for. Another example of how war destroys the human spirit is when Paul is fighting at the front. He crouches scared in his hole in the midst of battle, and tells hims...

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The novel All Quiet on the Western Front by Remarque has revealed the horrifying and devastating effects of war on humanity. Instead of presenting, like many other novels did before, the glorifying and heroic aspects of war, Remarque ... ...

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... they deal with their new lifestyle of war, and the end psychological result on the characters themselves. Catch 22 and All Quiet on the Western Front are both similar and different, both main characters change and are effected by the war, but both react to the stresses of war in ... is a major difference between the two novels, Yossarian's war experiences have made him petrified and almost crazy where as in All Quiet on the Western Front the characters are hardened and desensitized by their war time experience. This difference continues into the end where the outcome of the change perso...

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... still relate to these feelings and emotions with the help of descriptive texts in literature. Both the novel All Quiet On the Western Front and the poem "The Man He Killed" help to portray the image of the effects and feelings of warfare. In the novel All Quiet On the ... Western Front, 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 ... that he is no longer an individu...

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All Quiet on the Western Front In All Quiet on the Western Front there are a few themes. One is the malevolence at war of the war to end and other is the effect off the war on the soldier. The effect of the ... is a power hungry man who torments Paul and his fellow soldiers, but after his awful experience in the trench he tries to apologize. Kemmerich is the first to die in front of the reader and it shows you how death is not as big of a deal at war. Duval, a French soldier, is the first person that Paul kills in hand-to ... ...

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Rob Irr Mr. Czmerda Honors English 10 Poor Boys In the novel All Quiet on the Western Front, the French girl's remark, "the war- great sadness- poor boys" is true of the events described in the novel in many respects because of the future hopes and dreams the ... mentally the war has changed him, and they would not understand. The French girl's remark "the war- great sadness- poor boys" applys to the events in All Quiet on the Western front, and the effects they had on the characters. Work Cited Insight: The Experience of Literature. Noble and Noble Publishers, Ince. 1968: pp. 203-331....

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... and formed new classes of people - as the earlier aristocratic power transformed into a plutocratic one. The cities grew rapidly, taking over the agrarian lifestyles. Western ideas came about which instilled the desire to have a constitution defending human rights and democracy. Nihilism culminated into an enormous political movement which has been represented ... and the liberals. The Nihilists who can also be seen as the "sons" in this particular novel, sought changes in social structure that were western based. This mode of thought contrasted with the Slavophiles who believed in trad...

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... have to contend with frequently throughout the novel in several ways. Faulks presents the horrors of war through the lives of the soldiers and their experiences whilst fighting on the western front. The horrors themselves were something that the soldiers had to cope with whilst keeping focus on fighting the opposition, different characters responded to these horrors in a number of ways. Some ... created here, this kind of hell. I would kill them all if I could.' This is an example of a way soldiers used the horrors of war. Stephen had watched comrades die in front of him during his time...

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... in which the novel takes place proved to be the first construction Winton used in order to convey a realistic narrative. We first meet the families in two small towns in Western Australia, the Lambs in Margaret River and the Pickles in Geraldton. This acknowledgement of these towns appeals to Australian readers as they are able to relate to them, as they ... to label the character and their situations as real. " past the dusty red bushland- The joining of the two families also produced a very real scenario. Readers relate to Perth in Western Australia because it is a capital city; howev...

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