Erich remarque

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

Erich Maria Remarque explores the idea that war can destroy a generation of men physically, mentally and emotionally in his anti-war novel titled All Quiet on the Western Front. The author uses first-person narrative through a young German soldier named Paul Baumer to illustrate the terrorizing and difficult lives of those who served in World War Ⅰ. Baumer is one of the several students who voluntarily join the army along with his classmates, for they were driven to by their teacher, Kantorek who

In my book, All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque, the most intriguing aspect is the loss of innocence by the main character, Paul, and his fellow soldiers. This is a recurring thought that is shown throughout the novel. For instance, when the author writes, “It is not fear. Mean who have been up as often as we have become thick-skinned” (53). When he says this it is amidst the noises of explosions and gunfire. It makes it very evident that the soldiers have become used to the constant

General Assembly in 1961, John F. Kennedy explained how war was an unnecessary and detrimental action to take for means of peace. This quote exhibits the true values of the protagonist in the novel All Quiet on the Western Front written by Erich Maria Remarque. The novel All Quiet on the Western Front is a remarkable way to immerse into the lives of German soldiers during World War One due to the fact the author had firsthand experience in the life of the war. To put it briefly, All Quiet on the

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

The novel All quiet on the western front by Erich Maria Remarque is about Loss of innocence and reveals that We feel like Paul and his compatriots are constantly losing a layer of innocence with each event and each experience they endure over the course of the novel. This quote said by Paul connects to the theme of loss of innocence demonstrating "The Iron Youth" is a strong group of young soldiers who enlist and fight in the war as a way of showing pride for Germany and its history. In the book

He explores the grim reality the soldiers' faced on a daily basis and demonstrates the tremendous toll the war took on the mental and physical condition of the soldiers. The author, Erich Remarque depicts the brutality of the front and how the war brainwashes many people into thinking that their opponents are evil. The impulse of Paul killing his opponent shows the survival and fear of death. It is not against the men that they fling

Rationing is limiting a person to a fixed amount of food or other necessary items needed in life especially for soldiers or for civilians during a shortage. In Erich Maria Remarque’s novel All Quite on the Western Front he accurately shows what rationing was like during World War I. The novel depicts the struggle of Paul Baumer a soldier during World War I and his fellow comrades as they find ways to limit their eating of their already small rations. All Quiet on the Western Front also depicts the

of the men fighting. Erich Maria Remarque, author of All Quiet on the Western Front, exemplifies the horrific nature of war through description of what the troops endure while in combat. The unpredictable nature of war, represented by the cage-like restrictions of front, conveys that the soldiers fear what the future holds. As the front appears as a “cage in which [they] must await fearfully whatever may happen”, the men have to prepare for what the future may bring (Remarque 101). With metaphorical

Erich Maria Remarque’s “All Quiet on the Western Front” discusses his view of war from a younger generation's viewpoint. Throughout the novel, Remarque describes in detail what it is like to be a soldier in fighting in the war during World War I. Remarque’s writing views the war as unnecessary, cruel, and evil. The images painted by Remarque demonstrates the horror and sacrifices that soldiers have to make when they enter the war. “All Quiet on the Western Front” is not an open anti-war novel. However