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    World War I was one of the most destructive wars in recorded Human History and it was only 100 years ago. The book, All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque proves that war is very destructive. The people we are looking at are Paul Baumer, Albert Kropp, and Detering. These people are brainwashed and are told that they are the “iron youth” and are coerced to join the army during World War I. Then they go into the war and see that war is not glorious, but see an ugly reality that is war

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    about to die he realized that he didn’t want to lie to his friends face so instead he tried his best to cheer him up no matter what he said until kemmerich told him to stop and it was okay, another time when he was the nice person he is was when he was back home giving the Russians his own enemy some bread because they looked awful and even though kept the rest of the bread he did it for a good cause he did it because he knew his mother worked hard to make that bread and the last one and the best one

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    certainty of death.  To Baumer, death carries hand grenades, a bayonet and a rifle to take away what he has long protected -- his life.             Whenever he looks into the eyes of an enemy soldier, he does not see a man, but sees death staring back at him.  He has no choice; the enemy cannot and will not coexist with him.  It

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    Health Risk Appraisals: Module 3 A health risk appraisal (HRA) is a survey tool that can identify ones health and safety risks by detecting their illnesses and lifestyles while at work and home (Grooten et al., 2016). By identifying these risks, one can promote conditions for safety and health, wellbeing and work ability; as well as, prevention of ill health and accidents (Grooten et al., 2016). Questions that may be included in the assessment are physical activity, tobacco and alcohol consumption

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    bored. Bright blue and green screens shine down, flickering whenever a surge pulses through the system. Lee taps and clicks away on his keyboard and mouse, running through different coding that clearly isn’t English. “It was easy to get you on the human work crew,” he begins. “Not a lot of people wanting to work the last two months of the Celebration. Most people will be either young and naive or old. You should be able to blend in if you can look doey-eyed and naive.” “Shouldn’t be a problem,” I

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    see and experience war in all of its dreadful nature. Nearly the whole book is set on the front lines and in the trenches, but the protagonist and other characters are placed at the base camp and training camp at times. The protagonist also visits back home in Germany once. The author does a splendid job of portraying the battlefield and war accurately. The culture of the Western Front of the first World War is well represented in Remarque’s novel. The fact that Remarque actually served in and

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    each author experienced these horrors firsthand from the field of combat. Remarque fought for the German Army during the infamous trench battles of World War I, witnessing death and destruction enacted on an industrial scale for the first time in human history, and his novel

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    Back to The Future – 1985 Directed by – Robert Zemeckis Produced by Neil Canton and Bob Gale Context What How The fear that aliens exist and that no one know what they would be like. As people are trying to find life on other planets today. The fear that people will potentially mess up the world by advancing in science too far. Due to the fact that the world today quickly advancing in all types of sciences That you can achieve any goals that you really want to. That being able to excel in

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    The novel All Quiet on the Western Front, by Erich Maria Remarque, is story of the fictional character Paul Baumer and his troop Troop 9 as they battle in World War I on the Western Front for Germany. This novel differs from most war novels in that it does not portray the men as valiant soldiers protecting their country. The way that the story is told strips away the romanticized view warfare and portrays the raw emotions that come with being on the front lines of a battle. As both Paul Baumer’s

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    In the novel All Quiet on the Western Front a special relationship exists between the author and the novel itself. Research notes that Erich Maria Remarque turned all of his life experiences into his writings, and that the novel is said to have sentimental insight to Remarque’s thoughts and feelings (“Remarque, Erich Maria” - Encyclopedia.com). Remarque, author of the novel All Quiet on the Western Front, portrays himself in his writings through the situations he places his characters in and those

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