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Wounds of War In All Quiet on the Western Front Paul witness all the horrors of war. He sees death crawling towards the wounded soldiers in the wood, hospital, and on the front. When a soldier was wounded it killed them, they lost a limb or they got sent back to the front. Another awful part of war is soldiers would get shot and stranded out in the woods. They would yell for help, but were never found. Mental wounds were another injury of war. Paul would see people go insane on the front and some

In the movie “All Quiet on the Western Front” one of the major themes is the destruction of innocence, disillusionment, the loss of hope, and alienation. The movie is a war story from the view of a German soldier during World War 1 who had just graduated from regular schooling. Other students and his class and he had been talked into joining the war under false pretenses. They were sold glory, but received trauma. Throughout the movie, you can see how they live and what their story is. They were

In order to stay alive during World War I, soldiers had to commit horrific actions that transformed the men into animal like beings. In All Quiet on the Western Front, similes comparing soldiers and their natural animalistic behaviors are frequently made to emphasize how the the frontline brings out their primitive actions. Oftentimes, a soldier’s animal like behaviors are brought about in times of high stress, such as battling on the frontline. They begin to implement their instincts and “Crouching

Article Written By: Paul Dick All Quiet on the Western Front is a film about a young German solider named Paul Baumer, who is fighting in World War I. The film follows Paul and his comrades through the horrors of the war. I would encourage everyone to save his or her money because All Quiet on the Western Front is not worth a single penny. The film is rather confusing because of the constant flashbacks to events before the war. The flashbacks would confuse viewers because they give no description

The awful experiences of war change soldiers in many ways that they did not even realize in All Quiet on the Western Front, by Erich Remarque. The story of young German soldiers is told to describe what life was truly like on the front lines in World War I. For the innocent soldiers, going home on leave proves difficult as they are forced to face the truth about their life. After being convinced to join, the war is not what is promised and the soldiers are changed fundamentally because of what they

“One morning two butterflies play in front of our trench.What can they be looking for here?”(Remarque 60) In contrast to the mood of war, Remarque introduces the beauty of nature through butterflies in his book, All Quiet on the Western Front. Remarque grows up mesmerized by nature, collecting insects, and storing them in cases. This admiration follows into his book, in which nature goes on, while man destroys himself through wars. These butterflies ,however, are not just a symbol of preservation

All Quiet on the Western Front, by Erich Maria Remarque, is a novel about the experiences of ordinary German soldiers during the Great War and the horrors which they experience. The story follows Paul Bäumer, a nineteen year old German youth who voluntarily joins the German army along with some of his school friends. The boys decide to join the army idealistically after listening to several nationalistic and patriotic speeches. The harsh reality of life in the military, especially life in a combat

A War For Soldiers, And The Destruction Thereof The novel, “All Quiet On The Western Front”, centers its self around the events that shape the lives of the soldiers involved in the German army, of World War I. The novel takes focus on the actions of a young, enlisted soldier, named Paul Bäumer, who, through his words, gives the audience a window into the hardship that he, and his classmates, are bearing, while in combat. The novel not only delivers the emotional aspect of the fight, but also, sheds

In the midst of shells, bombs, desperation, pretense ideologies, and hypocrite political figures-a pure hell, there is very little to determine what’s right and wrong and very little to determine who the real enemy is. In the war novel, All Quiet on the Western Front, there are several definition of the term, “enemy”, presented through the eyes and experiences of the main protagonist/narrator, Paul Baumer—a German soldier fighting on the French front during World War I. In terms of war, to most an

Chapter one of the novel All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque (1928) gives insight to the horrific realities soldiers have to face in World War I. Paul Baumer, the narrator and one of the soldiers enlisted to fight for his country, tells the reader that they have just returned back to camp after two weeks of fighting on the front lines. He also notes that more than half of their Company of one-hundred fifty men were lost in a gas attack the day before, and this lead to a surplus