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All quiet on the western front

            All Quiet on the Western Front is a book about the life of a soldier during World War I. It focuses on a young German soldier by the name of Paul Baumer and the changes and struggles he faces throughout the war. Paul is nineteen years old and had survived being in the front, was considered to be a veteran had such a young age. Baumer and his classmates had volunteered for the war and their decision was mainly based upon what their schoolteacher had been telling them. The book starts off where the German soldiers are resting right after they had just fought a battle. Paul talks about how they had all lined up for breakfast and that the cook had only prepared for about 80 of the soldiers. Many of their weeks in the army involved very strict training in which they were under the command of a man by the name of Himmelstoss. Paul's platoon consisted of about 150 men and after 2 weeks about 80 had survived thus explaining the incident with the cook. Paul decides to go ahead and visit one of is an old classmate who is Kemmerich. Kemmerich had suffered a wound and it was obvious to Paul that he would soon die. Paul does not leave Kemmerich's side until he dies. Paul had become fairly good friends with this forty-year-old soldier who goes by the name Kat. Kat can produce ample amounts of food from apparently out of sight. Kat thinks that the war will be over quite quickly if everyone had received equal rations. One of Paul's other classmates by the name of Kropp, has a different opinion on the war.
            


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1. All Quite on the Western Front by Erich Mario Remarque

... Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front is a remarkable historical account of a German soldier who fights in World War 2. Throughout All Quiet on the Western Front, the reader is compelled into the confused sense of reasoning towards the cause which the soldiers consistently must face throughout the book. Erich Maria Remarque characters" attitudes about the war are very similar to the characters" attitudes in other works of writing throughout history. In All Quiet on the Western Front the story constantly alludes to the reason why the countries are ... fighting, that is, the soldiers ...

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  • Grade Level: Undergraduate

2. All Quiet on the Western Front and Men of Purpose

Throughout means of entertainment, novels and movies have brought us some detailed information and scenes about war. The movie "Men Of Purpose " and the novel "All Quiet On The Western Front " by Erich Maria Remarque have different perspectives in terms of men in war. The similarity between "Men Of Purpose" and "All Quiet On The Western Front,"" is patriotism. Paul said, "We loved our country as much as they; we went courageously into every action; but ... praised by their friends, and they inspire and influence with many different ways. Ultimately, the novel, "All Quiet On The Western Front"...

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3. War: catcher in the rye

... All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarqueare two novels which are both different and alike. Throughout the novel we see the effects which war has on the characters. The characters however react in different ways. We see the effects of war on the characters in their initial reaction's, the way in which 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 ... to fly. His gestures that show this are his desperate pleading with everyone that could possibly help him, including the doct...

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4. All Quiet On the Western Front

... , 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; yet I know nothing of life but despair, death, fear, and fatuous superficially cast over an abyss of sorrow ... illustrated by Paul when he states, "We have become wild beasts. We do not fight, we defend ourselves against annihilation."(author, 113) Contrary to the usual war novels, or movies in All Quiet on the Western Front we"re i...

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5. All Quiet on the Western Front

... really their only motives were greed and corruption. The men knew this, and lost all trust in the older generation. They came out of the war very emotionless and aged believing only that "reality is truth, and the truth is hard." The theme of the "Lost Generation" was very prominent throughout both books, All Quiet on the Western Front and A Farewell to Arms. Although the main characters of each book were affected in very ... different ways, both books portrayed the emotional heartache and physical struggles that the war caused, leaving the men with a sense of unfulfillment and disillus...

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6. All Quiet on The Western Front Critical Lens

... 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 times it is shown in this story that although the issue of the ... example shows not only one of the main themes of the book, but also proves truth to the q...

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7. Response - All Quiet on the Western Front

While reading the last few chapters of ''All Quiet on the Western Front'' by 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 very end of the last chapter. Therefore, I thought it ... was great to have a change with a creative conclusion. I believe that the title correspo...

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8. All Quiet On the Western Front

... I ran through Europe, and stories returned back from the front of disaster and tragedy, one man decided that he would tell the world of his experiences. Erich Remarque, a German soldier was the man and the story was All Quiet On the Western Front; this book describe is gruesome detail the brutality that soldiers faced from the first day of recruitment up until the end of the service, which also meant death. In fact this book ... , eventually becoming a movie, provided such a descriptive portrayal of the suffering and pain in the war, that is was banned from many countries ... ...

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9. Soldiers in All Quiet on the Western Front

... they are soon to realize that their lives will be changed. Erich Maria Remarque, the author, wrote this novel over his experience as a soldier and the emotional abuse he went through. 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 ... being disconnected from reality and destructing human abilities in a soldier's figure in the time of war, also has a great impact. All ...

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10. Book Summary - All Quiet on the Western Front

... lasted everyone he went to the war with Paul died. The title "All Quiet on the Western Front" Intel's that the Western front is quiet. There is no report on the front because Paul along with everyone else is dead and there is no one left to report back. The time that the report was issued is the same time that Paul was killed. There is nothing left on the Western front but silence. It shows the sadness and dreariness of ... the war by showing that there is ... ...

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  • Approx Pages: 5
  • Grade Level: High School

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