The books read in class: All Quiet on the Western Front (by Erich Maria Remarque), and Things Fall Apart (by Chinua Achebe), are books that both demonstrate the different reasons for why people engage in wars. People engage in wars for reasons such as their want to display patriotism, many others believe it is the […]
All Quiet on the Western Front is a novel written by Erich Maria Remarque. This novel takes place during World War 1, also known as the Great War. This war was the first war to have advanced weaponry, and we hear how this war truly desensitized the troops and how it affected them beyond the […]
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Get startedAll Quiet on The Western Front is written by Erich Remarque, a German veteran who was injured in World War 1. Remarque is able to shape the novel using personal experiences to give the book a more powerful message. The main character in the book is Paul Bäumer, and he is a German soldier who […]
“Everyone’s a pacifist between wars. It’s like being a vegetarian between meals.” In the anti-war novel All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque, protagonist Paul Baumer is enlisted into the war because of the influence from a schoolmaster. Although this schoolmaster has never been in a war himself and does not realize […]
The book All Quiet on the Western Front, by Erich Maria Remarque contains many instances of symbolism. The most prominent, I believe, is Kemmerich’s boots which symbolize the cheapness of life. The common mindset was that the dead shouldn’t need their possessions if someone else who is alive could use it. The soldiers who inherit […]
According to the specific evidence from Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front, World War I affect Paul and his friends by distancing from most of society and the loss of a young person’s innocence. In the first development, Paul and his friends are shown to become disconnected from everyone in society who were not participating […]
All Quiet on the Western Front, by Erich Remarque tells a story about what happened to some German teenagers during World War I. Paul Baumer is the hero in the novel who changes from an honest, unpracticed young fellow to a solidified disappointed fighter. It is through his portrayal that they survive what they encountered. […]
World War 1 not only changed the lives of soldiers physically but mentally as well. Both on the battlefield and in the trenches soldiers suffered from wounds, starvation, and fatigue. Although history cannot hide the number of people who were killed and wounded, the mental effects of the war are more hidden. Both during and […]
