A Farewell To Arms Character Analysis

Unremitting in humanitarian value and poignant through its interrogation of the complexities of human nature through their manipulation of characterisation and symbolism, All Quiet on The Western Front and The Grapes of Wrath are two humanitarian novels written by Erich Maria Remarque and John Steinbeck during World War One and the Californian Dust Bowl. Combining the injustices and struggles caused by a society torn by war, famine and struggle, Remarque and Steinbeck prove that despite the inhumanity in which we are capable of, that there is a saving grace in us as human beings — the power of family and fellowship.

In John Marsden’s book, Tomorrow When the War Began, the characters start their journey as average teenagers from a quiet rural town. As the novel progresses each person change from s being polite and obedient children to acting like the soldiers they would to fight to survive. They all start out stereotypically but gradually adapt to the situation before them. The teens quickly realise that they will no longer be innocent and childish but must grow up and become adult like soldiers who need to fight for their freedom. ‘We believed we were safe. That was the big fantasy. Now we know we’re not, and like you said, we’ll never feel safe again, and so it’s bye-bye innocence. It’s been nice knowing you but you’re gone now.’

Henry himself is puzzled by the concept of love and asks the priest for his interpretation of the subject. The priest explains to him that his present feelings are ³only passion and lust² (72). Therefore, Henry decides that if this is all he feels, then he could never love anyone. His misconception of love puts him at a disadvantage with Catherine. It isn¹t until after he is wounded, that he realizes that he is actually in love with Catherine. ³When I saw her I was in love with her. Everything turned over inside of me² (91). This sudden revelation stems from the trauma that he has just endured on the front line and with his leg wound. It is likely that Henry would eventually fall in love with Catherine, but his near death experience definitely sped up the declaration. Henry genuinely

The First World War, or the ill-named War to End all Wars, was one that brought hell to Earth and mankind. For the first time in history, industry had appeared to make killing efficient. In static trenches, young men from around the world were killed by artillery kilometres away, poison gas, and disease. All nations in the conflict experienced the creation of a Lost Generation; men who lost their lives, limbs, or the ability to live a normal life. Paul Baumer, the young German protagonist of All Quiet on the Western Front becomes a member of this sad generation through his sad journey to the ultimate elixir, death. In Erich Remarque’s magnum opus All Quiet on the Western Front, Paul Baumer is faced by various emotionally jarring tests that serve as a catalyst for his inner decline and eventual elixir. Paul is faced with a fearsome French bombardment and offensive, a hand-to-hand killing of a Frenchman, Gerard Duval, and the death of his mentor and father figure, Stanislaus Katczinsky. For a young man just out of secondary school, in fact, any person in general, these events lead to a loss of hope and a lost future.

Throughout the story A Long Way Gone, many people helped Ishmael and his friends during his journey, rehabilitation center, when he lived with his uncle, and when he escaped to New York. Out of all the people who helped Ishmael, the person who sticks out is Ester. Ester is important to Ishmael for many reasons such as teaching him to trust, love, and to forgive himself, while being a hero to others.

He is still a boy, however, he is old enough to be in the military. He was chosen to be a doctor for the union. He scrambles across the field during the battle of Vicksburg. He is looking for the fallen soldiers who need a medic. He has already seen too much gore during this battle. Whenever he goes out looking for someone he never knows if he is going to be shot at. He knows that the Confederate army has a strategy where they shoot the doctors so the soldiers cannot go back into the battle. He had seen many horrors on the battlefield that he would never forget. One time during an amputation, he got so scared he froze up and could not help the other doctor. From that day forward, he no longer amputates the men in agony. Though he was always

All living creatures have an instinct for survival. When lives are placed on the line, behavior changes, the ability to discern right or wrong dissipates and horrible things are done. These horrible actions may be against personal beliefs, but based on our situation they’re necessary for survival, and demonstrate how the human race adapts to challenges. For example, in war, gruesome and tragic decisions and actions are made by thousands and thousands of ordinary men that could have been friends but based on their situation they acted to survive. After the war these same men usually have post-traumatic stress disorder, or flashbacks and memories from the horrible things they or people they’ve known have done that haunt them all of their life. These instinctive actions have a major affect on thoughts, actions,

In the Greatest War Novel of All Time by Erich Maria Remarque titled All Quiet on the Western Front, the idea that intense bonds are formed between soldiers is displayed by the emotions and impulses Paul experiences when one of his comrades is injured or dying from battle. In the opening of the novel, Kemmerich is suffering from his leg amputation. Paul continually visits Kemmerich in the hospital until he passes, Paul says it is the “...most disturbing and hardest parting I have ever seen…” (31). After Kemmerich dies, Paul feels that “...[he] could drop down and never rise up again” (32). Kemmerich and Paul’s bond carried from the battlefield to the barracks. Paul spends hours accompanying Kemmerich in the hospital and feels such strong emotions

In All Quiet on the Western Front we read through the view of Paul Baumer who is a german soldier on the Western Front during WW1. Throughout most of the book Paul is a tough soldier who thinks of the enemies as not humans, and this makes it easier for Paul and his comrades. If Paul didn’t treat the enemies this way it would be a lot harder for him to stay strong during the war, you have to think of the enemies as someone who is trying to take your life and you have to think the same way and this could make it easier for soldiers during their service. During Paul’s duration of time in the army he has never had to kill a man with his bare hands, but this changes when he gets lost crawling through No Man’s Land and the enemies start to bomb

When in the wild lion cubs fully depend on their parents for all of their juvenile lives. Female cubs will spend their entire lives in the pride and will not leave unless confronted with a cruel reality or to protect their cubs. It is a duty for the cub’s parents to care and provide for the cubs in order to strengthen the pride’s future and the lion’s bloodline. In the film “The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete” we see the parents slack on their duties to protect their children through fault of their own. We see that the wellbeing of Mister and Pete take a backseat to heroine and substance abuse. In Ishmael Beah’s memoir titled “A Long Way Gone” his parents are taken away from him at a very early age. The civil war that takes away Ishmael’s parents is not his fault and through no fault of his own he has to grow up too

Niska uses her stories to help someone she loves. However Elijah uses his stories for a much more selfish reason. During his time in the war he has the freedom to kill men and he uses it. He finds it easy to kill them and throughout the book ends up enjoying it. There is this sniper named Peggy who has more kills than Elijah and doesn’t like to recognize them all. This made Elijah mad because he wanted to be the best. He shares his stories to boost his own ego so he feels good about himself. Even though Xavier was the one who raised Elijah and taught him how to hunt in the bush he still tries to convince the soldiers with stories about how he is better. On page 243, “He stood and ran with the others, shooting from the hip, too close to use

The novel All Quiet on the Western Front exhibits how war breaks man out his shell and the destructiveness it brings. Throughout the novel, the experience of World War I is shared by the viewpoint of Paul Baumer. Paul Baumer, a nineteen year old german soldier who is required to detach from himself in order to be successful on the front. At the beginning of the war, Paul was a kind and compassionate boy who had no experience of the gruesomeness that was brought prior to the war. While on the front the men made great relationships with each other, a brotherhood. It is expressed throughout the book that Paul’s friends are his reason to live. But when on his leave back at home he feels disconnected and, “[he] finds [that he] does not belong

Catherine Barkley and Frederick Henry, the main characters in Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms are two of the most self-absorbed characters I have ever come across. Frederick Henry thinks only of what he wants while Catherine worries only about what Frederick thinks and wants. They are constantly thinking only about themselves, which is why I believe that it was a good thing that the baby was not born alive. They are too absorbed in themselves to think of anyone else.

The main character was a barber, and was proud of his work. He was constantly sharpening his razor, so it was as sharp as could be. A soldier comes in to get his beard groomed, but the soldier is the barbers enemy. The barber is always told to go to the school to which he witnesses the deaths of people being hung. Every time the soldier comes for a cut the barber gets clammy and trembles with fear. As he does the soldiers beard he treats him like any other customer, but in his head he has other things in mind. The soldier is the enemy to the barber because he takes the barber's people and murders them. To stay alive he acts as if he likes the soldier and has small talk with him as if he actually cared. He thought about cutting the soldier's

The two unnamed people are discussing about Ender’s incident on the flight and it turns out that one of them is Graff. Graff insisted that Ender remains separate from the others so that he will think no one will be there for him so he has to be there for himself. The other guy asks Graff whom they will go to when Ender cannot handle the tasks anymore, and Graff says he will create a list. The discussion ends with Graff saying Ender can’t have parents, but can have friends.