It is in human’s nature to be destructive. Where we were given Earth as our home, we are also the ones who are destroying it. Choosing to extract oil from her surface for warmth, instead of using the warmth from the sun which was provided. Choosing to make sweets by a chemical process, instead of eating the natural sweet fruit found on plants. Humans cannot even get along with each other, creating the value of money out of paper, drawing imaginary lines on the surface to claimed who owns what land. even declaring humans own each other based off the lightness or darkness of the skin they were born with. Wars started popping up across the planet, titled successions, resolutions and dominance. One of the first major wars was titled World War …show more content…
Other tells the terror of the war, the discrimination, what they saw, and the things they could never unseen. Still the letters gave you the true facts of what was going on in the trenches and on the front line. After all there is no better storyteller than the ones who are right there, writing about something that happened just moments ago. With the signing of The Armistice taking place on November 11, 1918, ending the first world war, people knew that day was going to be one of the history books. Besides history books though, thousands of stories came about it, some based on real life other a historical fiction. Many veterans took the years after the war to finalize their thoughts and feelings into published work. With everyone still talking about the war years afterwards these books became incredibly popular. One of the most popular ones was titled All Quiet on the Western Front written by a German veteran Erich Maria Remarque. He told the fictional tale of Paul Bäumer a German soldier who senseless death made you realize how horrible the war actually was, and stuck a cord to many of the survivors. This book took hold of western culture as they realize Paul was their enemy, yet he fought and died the same war they did. Other stories emerged as well titled Storm of Steel written by Ernest Jünger who also change the view on how people viewed the Germans. Helen Zenna Smith, published her story titled Not So Quiet… telling the tale of a female ambulance driver and
World war one was one the biggest wars in recorded history. It lasted from 1914-1918 and was a brutal conflict in Canadian history. More than 60,000 Canadians died in this war. When the First World War began in the year of 1914, some believe that it would last for a long time. Many young individuals in Canada and others saw this war as a privilege to travel, adventure, and great beauty. Some individuals were afraid that the conflict would be over before they could get into the battle. Many people signed up dreaming that they would have the honour of fighting for the British Empire, to which Canada belonged. The somewhat “Great War” was different in the dreamy vision than it was in reality. This war took the lives of more than 8 million
At the very beginning of the book, Erich Maria Remarque says "This book is to be neither an accusation nor a confession, and least of all an adventure, for death is not an adventure to those who stand face to face with it. It will try simply to tell of a generation of men who, even though they may have escaped shells, were destroyed by the war."1 The book does not focus on heroic stories of bravery, but rather gives a view of the conditions in which the soldiers find themselves. The monotony between battles, the constant threat of Artillery fire and bombardments, the struggle to find food, the lack of training of young recruits, and the
The War to End All Wars, also known as World War 1, began on July 28, 1914, because of an assassination, in Europe. It lasted until November 11, 1918. The total death toll of the war is 37 million. World War 1 ravaged the land across Europe destroying countless towns and cities. It was one of the deadliest conflicts to ever occur in the human race. “All Quiet On The Western Front”, is a novel that describes the physical and mental stress of a soldier during World War 1, along with daily life of a German soldier in World War 1, as well as the brutalities of war. It was written by German World War 1 veteran, Erich Maria Remarque. The book follows the story of Paul Baumer, a German Soldier during World War 1, and his life battling on the front lines through the last weeks of World War 1. He is the main character, as well as the narrator, so the reader is seeing through the eyes of a German soldier, but Paul becomes the representation of all men. The book was written in Germany, yet it is popular world wide, in many languages. In Germany, on release day, the initial prints quickly sold out, and some 20,000 copies moved off the shelves in the first few weeks on its way to more than a million books sold by year’s end. In the first 18 months of printing, over 2.5 million copies were sold, in 22 languages, making it popular world wide.
In total, both novels act as powerful statements on the two world wars and the critical role that family and comradeship has between them. Without family, the soldiers and prisoners would struggle to stay alive, searching for a reason to
World War I was an extremely violent and traumatic time for soldiers on the fronts of the war, but even though it was a dramatic time for these men the memoirs from the war was varied on the western front within the German ranks. Two well known books written by the German men were Storm of Steel, written by Ernest Junger, and All Quiet on the Western Front, written by Erich Maria Remarsque which were written on the same frontier, yet were different on many basic levels. In Storm of Steel, Junger explains the war through his own personal journal that he had written while in the war and though very patriotic and nationalistic the events in the book were as they hapepned in history to the last detail that
It is obvious that different circumstances would dictate that every person involved in the First World War would have different experiences. This concept is exemplified in the works of two different soldiers, Ernst Jünger, and Erich Remarque; both German, both coming into adult (they were 19 and 18 years of age, respectively, when they joined the war), both fighting on the Western Front. However, the stark contrast in their different opinions about the war may perhaps have been a reflection of their expectations going into the war. At the same time, their different accounts serve to give audiences an understanding of the whole of Europe 's feelings towards the war during the different time periods the authors had joined in the war effort.
Many people don’t comprehend how traumatic the life of a young fighter in World War I was. In my opinion, this book will especially help you understand this. The descriptive language describing the wounds and unpleasant content made me feel queasy at times, but also forced me to feel compassionate for the military troops. In this book, limbs are lost, animals such as horses are killed, starving soldiers dig through garbage for food, the troops are destroyed by poison gas, munitions, and bombs. The conditions the fighters went through in the war was dangerous and disturbing which makes me realize how fortunate my life is and causes me to feel compassion for the fighters because of what they had to struggle with.
Total war is a military conflict in which each of the participating nations mobilize all available resources in order to completely extinguish another nation’s ability to engage in warfare. The utilization of the governments, economies and populations of the participating nations in WW1 reached an extent never seen before in history. A war economy was adopted throughout Britain, France and Germany. The mass manufacturing of weapons, munitions and other war material was prioritized, and with the mass leap of technology, it indeed affected the outcome and the nature of WW1.
Throughout the history of the United States, the American government has employed many propaganda techniques, usually during times of war and hardships, to evoke an intended reaction from Americans. "Propaganda is the deliberate, systematic attempt to shape perceptions, manipulate cognitions, and direct behavior to achieve a response that furthers the desired intent of the propagandist.” To control the public during difficult times, the government heavily utilized propaganda. The wars that propaganda was most prominently employed in were World War I and World War II. Propaganda, specifically in World War I and World War II, has had far more negative effects on American society than positive effects.
World War One, or The Great War as it is sometimes known, significantly altered the course of history for all the countries involved. It ushered in previously unprecedented changes in American politics, economics, and society, through the passage of laws that blatantly violated constitutional rights, a redefinition of women’s role in the workforce and the promotion of agriculture) as well as a rise in radicalism and a new form of patriotism.
At the precipice of World War I (WWI), the United States Army enlisted the help of women nurses resulting in a growth of economic opportunities for women in the nursing field. Before the war women were confined to their stereotype of a being delicate, motherly, and fragile. The war served as an opportunity for women, including nurses, to prove themselves to be more than their stereotype and be involved in the community rather than always sitting behind a man. Propaganda encouraged women to be more involved in the war and soon the concept feminism was reinvented. Female nurses, however, were still struggling to change the minds of people against women taking an active role in society or the military. Nursing had always played an important
A dilemma that was happening for many years can be resolved, but there will be disadvantages and advantages ,no matter what the outcome is. The Great War also called the World War I , started on July 28, 1914 in Europe.The war lasted for four years to end all wars that happened before involving other countries. From beginning to end of the four years, men were not the only ones working hard, so were women. When men went to fight in the war, it led to major grasps in the labor market, so industries and the government reached out to women and asked them to volunteer in specific jobs that were hiring. However the paying jobs did not mention to women that the high wage jobs were temporary.The government used a sneaky tactic on women in order
The first world war was one of the most brutal and remorseless events in history; ‘the global conflict that defined a century’. Over nine million soldiers and a large amount of innocent civilians lost their lives. Empires crumbled, revolution engulfed Russia and America rose to become a dominant world power. Huge armies deployed new weapons of devastating effect from rifles and pistols to torpedoes and flame throwers. These weapons were used not only in the trenches but by tanks too. This was an advantage to those who were able to access such machinery as they could easily launch bullets and missiles at nearby enemy bases. The downfall of the tank was the fact it was unable to cross the trenches. Tanks were not the only pieces of equipment that could access this machinery but U boats and planes too. The British carried ‘bolt action rifles’ in which fired 15 rounds per minute at a minimum range of 1,400 metres away. This allowed the British to take out foes at a far greater range. By using machinery in which rules out the need for getting up close to the enemy was a great advantage during world war one. Soldiers ran from trench to trench attacking with all that they had. This resulted in a massacre as the soldiers running toward the trenches were shot down. Machinery such as machine guns and heavy artillery were the weapons used in the trenches. In modern day society, machine guns are the main weapons used by soldiers. This wasn’t the case around the 1914s. They took four
The First World War fought from 1914 to 1918 was one of the largest and most brutal catastrophes fought in the 20th century. With nearly the entire European continent fighting a barbaric and everlasting war, the U.S. had eventually to get involved in order to reinitiate stability to Europe. Ultimately, the U.S. taking involvement in World War I had a profound political, economic, and social impact on the country. It increased government powers and solidified the nation’s leadership role in foreign politics. The U.S. emerged as the world 's greatest industrial power with increasing financial opportunities for minorities. At the same time anti-immigrant and anti- communist sentiments arose among many American citizens. And finally the war contributed to the massive migration of African Americans from the Southern to Northern states looking for employment and freedom and, first time allowed women to participate in jobs that were traditionally reserved for men.
Two famous books written by the German men were Storm of Steel, written by Ernest Junger, and All Quiet on the Western Front, written by Erich Maria Remarque. These two World War I recollections were written from the view of German soldiers yet had different propaganda that they were producing. The reason behind this is because their viewpoints were from two different ranks within the German army and one was fictional and one was not.