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What Does All Quiet On The Western Front Symbolize

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Symbolism On All Quiet On The Western Front Throughout the book, “All Quiet On The Western Front”, by Erich Maria Remarque, numerous examples of symbolism and literary devices are expressed. Remarque uses symbolism and literary devices to show that the horrors of World War I turned its soldiers into animals, forced them to stand face to face against death, and led their fates to be determined by chance. During a violent war scene, Paul Baumer, describes what war has done to the men fighting in it. He explains that they “have become wild beasts”, only focused on doing whatever they had to, to hang onto life a little longer (Remarque, 113). Remarque utilizes a metaphor to make apparent that war has turned these men into animals, who worry only

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