All Quiet On The Western Front Sparknotes

Erich Remarque uses compelling symbols in chapter six of All Quiet on the Western Front, many of them have a significant meaning, only two have a powerful meaning. A shelled schoolhouse, in a sense brings the reader this sort of comfort because the feel of school brings them back to the good ole days. It is the days when you did not have to worry about things because mom and dad were there. The shelling part is another thing, it is showing the amount and the type of war going on. The violence in this time and place is unimaginable and the shelled schoolhouse is an example of the violence is being revealed. Remarque is trying to display to the reader that in this day and age of war they did not care about what they destroyed. He describes many bloody situations because he wants the reader to feel the pain and suffering how

In chapter four of Erich Remarque’s book All Quiet on the Western Front, Remarque uses sensory images. Putting extra sensory images into a scene gives the reader more idea of what’s happening “I hear aspirant for the frying pan” (52). By describing how excited the men are when they hear geese Remarque is, in a way, letting the reader know that, to soldiers at war the smallest thing can be the brightest beaken of hope. When Remarque outlines how happy the soldiers get over some simple geese, it really helps to show how while the war has helped the men grow up, they are still young boys. In the previous chapter Remarque used sensory images to make the boys seem more grown up by giving them power while beating Himmelstoss “It was a wonderful picture”

“All Quiet on the Western Front” by Erich Maria Remarque. Right in first perspective of Paullistened to by Paulclimbed, a young front line soldier. It goes from why he joined, his opinions, best parts, and the horrors of what it’s like to be a soldier. Erich Maria Remarque does an amazing job at creating characters that readers can make connections with to help understand what war is like. Every chapter is made with purpose.

In the story “All Quiet on the Westerfront” a guy named Paul goes through many tragedies, such as witnessing death and also killing someone. In an interview with a guy named William Lake, he talks about his stories about how he went through World War 1 and the tragedies he had witnessed. Also in the readings they mention the things they did in war, whether it's Paul helping out the recruits to protect themselves from the danger of the war or if it's William being a messenger having to run across the battlefield. In the book “All Quiet on the Westerfront” Paul goes through World War 1 and goes through people dying everywhere and having to kill to survive, but at the end of chapter 6 Paul has to help out these new recruits because they don’t

This essay will consider the different effects created by Erich Maria Remarque in his novel All Quiet on the Western Front. As a writer, Remarque unknowingly left his novel open to readers with completely different perspectives, and to various forms of criticism. This undoubtedly meant that every single reader had been affected by the novel in many different ways which unfortunately for Remarque may have been an effect that he never intended. This essay is divided into 5 main sections. Firstly it will address any of the intentions Remarque could have possibly wanted to propose through his novel, and closely examine the purposes and motives behind All quiet on the Western Front. It will then go on to analyse Remarque’s use of language in various extracts of the novel. Then the content is analysed in two parts; the third part is a brief insight into one of the key themes of the novel, and the fourth part highlights the effects Remarque causes. Finally, some conclusions will be drawn as to whether or Remarque may have intended to achieve a certain effect in his novel, and as to whether or not I personally agree with the comment that through his shaping of language and content, Remarque may have achieved an effect he might not have intended.

All quiet on the Western Front is a book written by Erich Maria Remarque about the frontlines of Germany during WWI, while Omissi’s Indian Voices of the Great War: Soldiers’ Letters is a series of letters written by soldiers and their loved ones describing what they went through on the front lines for the allies as well as at home. Both of these sources describe what it was like to live and fight during the war both from the side of the allies and the Germans. While these sources share a common topic, the frontline and life during WWI, the soldiers took very different stances on the war, their superiors and what they were really fighting for.

All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque is an eye opening story of a teenager and his experiences in the war. Paul Bäumer is only nineteen when he is persuaded by his high school teacher, Kantorek, to participate in World War I. Paul went into the war expecting to be surrounded by nationalism and pride. After he arrived, he realized that he was very wrong. He witnesses many of the soldiers in his company die in front of his own eyes. Paul realizes that war changes a person and takes over their life. By the end of the book, Paul is the only surviver out of his friends. Paul dies before the end of the war.

The book, All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque can be identified with many themes. Whether the theme is loyalty to friends, the unbelievable suffering at the hands of other human beings, or the beauty of nature in contrast to the horrors of war, none of those are as fitting as the theme: betrayal by adults. The manipulation performed by a trusted schoolmaster, the awful treatment done by someone who is called a leader, and parents going along with what society thinks is right versus what their sons want, all are important factors that explain why betrayal by adults is the central idea of this story.

Somya Pandey & Charlotte Tate English II Arcaro 1st Period May 6, 2018 The King of the Clouds: The Red Baron’s Experiences in WWI Compared to Remarque’s Paul Baumer in All Quiet on the Western Front Manfred von Richthofen, also known as the Red Baron, was a German fighter ace during World War I who shot down a wartime total of eighty planes before he was killed in action. He was widely regarded as the “Ace of Aces” in German propaganda, and was known across the front for his accuracy of shooting during dogfights (“Red Baron”).

All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque and actual happenings from the war display many similarities. The book does go much more in depth with the war than any other resource or letter, but there is similarities in everything in the book to any other info about World War 1. Looking from All Quiet on the Western Front to actual happenings in the war you can bring them together and see the similarities in living as a soldier in the trenches, and how the men passed time during World War 1.

1. Paul Baumer and his friends, as German soldiers in World War I, collectively fight any who oppose the German army. However, Corporal Himmelstoss is an enemy whose transgressions are taken far more personally by Paul and his friends. Himmelstoss often torments Paul and his comrades for the sake of doing so, as he is power-driven and tries to exert control over others whenever he can. It is never stated that the soldiers hate or even dislike the enemies that they fight daily on the battlefield; yet they disfavor Himmelstoss openly. In addition, they all begin to harbor distaste for their former teacher, Kantorek, for encouraging them to join the army. All of the men also struggle against the knowledge that

The novel All Quiet on the Western Front, by Erich Maria Remarque, is story of the fictional character Paul Baumer and his troop Troop 9 as they battle in World War I on the Western Front for Germany. This novel differs from most war novels in that it does not portray the men as valiant soldiers protecting their country. The way that the story is told strips away the romanticized view warfare and portrays the raw emotions that come with being on the front lines of a battle. As both Paul Baumer’s life and the battle progress, Paul’s values, along with those of the other soldiers, evolve until they culminate in Baumer’s own passing.

Mahatma Gandhi, a renowned political and spiritual leader, once said that, “I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary, the evil it does is permanent.” Presume you see two men in a heated argument and one of them is about to attack the other, you take a rock and throw it at him and knock him out. On one hand it is a good thing that you prevented the attack but on the other hand you used violence yourself, and there is no doubt that you would not hesitate to use it again. The good that came from the violence that you used lasted for a short time, but the punishment that you get for doing this lasts for a long time. Imperialism of rivalries and nationalism were two of the main reasons that most

In All Quiet on the Western Front, by Erich Maria Remarque, Paul, the protagonist has to live through World War I. He joins the military at 19 years old, and from the start, he has to endure immense pain. Paul, along with 6 other friends that he met in basic training, goes through basic training, and eventually have to fight on the war front. Paul has mental predicaments throughout the book, all due to him being in the war. The recurring pattern in these problems is that he is becoming inhuman. Paul pictures himself more as a machine since he entered the war. Paul’s mental state changes from when he enlisted, which raises the question, ‘To what extent is engaging in conflict worthwhile?’. From reading the book, the answer is that In All Quiet on the Western Front, by Erich Maria Remarque, a conflict is worthwhile depends on the person’s situation before and how they’ve changed afterward.

All Quiet on the Western Front is the story of Paul Baumer’s service as a soldier in the German army during World War I. Paul and his classmates enlist together, share experiences together, grow together, share disillusionment over the loss of their youth, and the friends even experience the horrors of death-- together. Though the book is a novel, it gives the reader