Up Front Literary Analysis

One of the most impressive strategies was conveying readers to the battlefield using sufficient words. The writer described some details that readers the same feeling that soldiers felt during that the war. Iraq

“Which in the field developed into the finest thing that arose out of the war - comradeship,” (Remarque 27). Throughout the war, soldiers depend on each other to be able to live another day. Through small acts of kindness, sorrow from loss, and never leaving one behind emerges the theme of comradeship, which is clearly represented in the novel, All Quiet On The Western Front.”

“We developed a firm, practical feeling of solidarity which grew on the battlefield, into the best thing that the war produced - comradeship in arms” (Remarque 19). In the novel, All Quiet on the Western Front the men are faced at the decision of life and death, protecting each other so each individual will make it home. Facing horrific images while being put at risk on the line in the front. Comradeship plays an important role in All Quiet on the Western Front, by being able to survive, build a brotherhood bond, and restoring comfort and courage.

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.

From a simple ribbon affixed on the back of a pick-up truck with the words “SUPPORT OUR TROOPS” to tough-as-nails, stern Uncle Sam, war propaganda has always been present throughout history. But this type of propaganda differs from the actual experience of war; it glamorizes the entire idea to instill support. However, in the novel A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah, his experience with war as a boy soldier is anything but glamorous. Young and with fleeting innocence, his form of propaganda came from the corporal of the army, ingraining the idea to “visualize the enemy, the rebels who killed your parents, your family, and those who are responsible for everything that has happened to you” (Beah 112). As his experience

War is hell. The inexorable death, devastation, and mental deterioration brought upon by war exist alongside no redeeming qualities. Those who have seen its relentless atrocities first-hand understand that enthusiasm is hard to come by, especially after years on the front line. The primary force that keeps soldiers going is their camaraderie. The camaraderie of soldiers is demonstrated thoroughly in Erich Maria Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front. As Paul Bäumer and the men of the Second Company endure the facets of World War One, their fellowship quickly grows strong—even more so than that of brothers or perhaps even lovers. This fellowship is even found in enemy soldiers. The camaraderie soldiers have for one another

In the book, Brave New World, the author, Aldous Huxley, creates and alternated world in the 1930’s to show us how political and society were during that year. There was a lot of cruel, violence, segregations compare to the world in BNW. He also uses many literary devices to tell use what his society looks like during the 1930’s. During this time the WWii was going on and this was a big deal to the world because there was a lot of dramas and other dangerous things going on. Some of those devices are simile, details, metaphor...

Even though mankind has progressed immeasurably, war never goes out of fashion. Propaganda has always portrayed war as an honorable and chivalrous activity, but the soldiers who participated in those “honorable and chivalrous” activities often did not have the same opinion of war for obvious reasons. Anti-war Authors skillfully use imagery, irony, and structure to convey detailed and truthful messages to the propaganda influenced public. In the book All Quiet on The Western Front, author Erich Maria Remarque skillfully manipulates imagery, irony, and structure to create a thought provoking anti-war message. He uses imagery to describe scenes in vivid detail, using descriptive vocabulary to implant visual, audio, and sensory details in readers’ minds. Irony plays an essential role in amplifying the contrast between unrealistic portrayals of war, and the harsh realities of war. He includes statements that would mean the opposite of what it meant originally, and would use

When many things break, they often never return back as healthy as it was before. In John Knowles’ A Separate Piece, Gene and Finny are two best friends who go through many hardships together as their years pass at the Devon School. All of the boys in attendance are preparing to be enlisted in the war that is going on outside of school but they each are fighting their own inside themselves. In A Separate Piece, Knowles utilizes the allegory of Finny’s broken leg to represent the difficult times throughout a friendship.

Tim O'Brien's book, "The Things They Conveyed," gives profitable understanding into the brains of officers, and edifies us to the enthusiastic and mental expenses of war. In particular, the stories of Mary Anne, the infant water wild ox and the section, "In the Field," assist us with relating to the transformation that fighters experience. While the conspicuous connection for O'Brien's novel is to talk about the physical protests every fighter conveyed were a great deal more critical, including such things as individual questions, reasons for alarm, and dreams.

Accompanying the great horrors of the war was an extraordinary sense of comradeship that was forged between the soldiers as they went through countless hardships and unimaginable suffering together. Throughout Erich Maria Remarque’s novel, All Quiet on the Western Front, Paul and the men of the Second Company received strength, both mentally and physically, from one another. As the war created a sharp distinction between soldiers and civilians,

“We are at rest five miles behind the front.” (Remarque 1). Sadly, this is not the closest a soldier will get to the front in a time of war and necessary reinforcements. Paul Baümer, a nineteen year-old schoolboy, along with with a troop of friends, is fooled into enlisting for the German Army during the vicious World War I. The warfront is no joke, as the teens had imagined. Their schoolmaster back home, Kantorek, spent countless hours presenting the importance of fighting for the Fatherland Germany. The naïve teens fell for the trap, learning that, “the front”, as is mentioned countless times in All Quiet On the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque, is no game, but a struggle for survival, as the soldiers not only battle against enemy troops,

Roy Conli once said “When you're telling a story, the best stories, every character has an arc. Every one. And that arc is usually about finding yourself, or about at least finding something about yourself that you didn't know.” This is a prevalent theme in many examples of Young Adult Literature (YAL or YA). Three books that demonstrate the critical transformation between childhood and adulthood by exploring difficult social issues, finding personal identity, and letting go are a Monster Calls by Patrick Ness, The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton, and Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson.

In the short story, “My Parents’ Bedroom,’ written by Uwem Akpan, the most defining role of literacy that sticks out is symbolism. The images that are engraved into readers brains are ones that have deeper meanings than what we initially see on the surface. The story is told through the eyes of a little girl named, Monique, who is only nine years old. It is told in first person point of view so that the reader feels as if he/she is actually experiencing the situations first hand. The symbolism in the story, “My Parents; Bedroom,” illustrates the day to day struggle of living in Africa during the genocide. Symbolism is