The Road Back

The story, “Back Roads,” is about two men, Joe, and Sam, who use the backroads along their drive from Pittsburgh to New York City. Though the trip would have been much quicker if the two men used the highway rather than the backroad, there are many key elements that make using the backroads much more worthwhile. Three of these key elements will be mentioned in this essay. First, the two young men were able to encounter many magnificent scenery that they would not be able to see if they were to take

When Eric Maria Remarque released “All Quiet on the Western Front, he was shunned by Germany as being unpatriotic. This didn’t stop Remarque from releasing his second book “The Road Back” but it did lead to him fleeing Germany, his sister being beheaded and his books being burned by the Nazi’s. Why all this fuss over fiction, unless the Nazi’s did not want the German population to see the truth behind their Glorification of war. The same situation can be seen of the ex-soldier Siegfried Sassoon,

highlights the conflict of reasoning and emotion which appears as a response to the problem of incest and rape. The film’s exposition sets a depressing mood from the beginning. The opening tracking shot depicts Tom rushing off the hill along the asphalt road, replaced by a bumpy path which leads to a jail-like house, indicating metaphorical running towards tribulation. Steadily dull weather without any glimpse of sunlight insinuates the apathetic sentiment within the family. Remarkably, Tom’s house family

left of his group of friends. The remaining soldiers discuss the topic of looming German surrender and that peace that will follow. Paul suffers from being poisoned from a chemical attack and is given a short leave. Paul thinks about how he can not go back to the normal world, as all he knows now is war. In October 1918, on a day with almost no fighting, Paul dies. The army report for that day reports: “All quiet on the Western Front.” Paul’s corpse seems to show an expression of satisfaction that the

All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque and actual happenings from the war display many similarities. The book does go much more in depth with the war than any other resource or letter, but there is similarities in everything in the book to any other info about World War 1. Looking from All Quiet on the Western Front to actual happenings in the war you can bring them together and see the similarities in living as a soldier in the trenches, and how the men passed time during World

All Quiet On The Western Front, The Wars, and A Farewell To Arms Any and all events in one's life may change a person profoundly, but the effect may not always be as expected. For instance, situations of despair may cause feelings of depression and uncertainty to develop in an individual, as would likely be expected. However, those same situations could ultimately lead to a sense of fulfilment or enlightenment. In the novels All Quiet On The Western Front by Erich Remarque, The Wars by Timothy

The Price of Glory: Verdun 1916, written by Alistair Horne, All Quiet on the Western Front, written by Erich Maria Remarque, and the many letters written by soldiers give several different and similar views of World War 1. The letters written by the soldiers talk about his or her individual problems and how they miss and love his or her families. In The Price of Glory: Verdun 1916, Alistair Horne writes day to day stories about the Battle of Verdun and of soldiers discussing his or her feelings at

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

up and sent on a train back home. This ride home took a turn. When Kropp got a fever he was scheduled to be dropped off at the next stop. In order for Paul to stay with his friend, he had to convince the nurse that he also was sick from infection. After being dropped off they were taken to a Catholic hospital to be treated. After a few weeks Kropp's leg is overcome with infection and is amputated at the thigh. After a few more weeks Paul and Kropp parted, Paul going back to the war and Kropp going

All Quiet on the Western Front is a short book, but remarkably deep. More than 50 years after its jolting prose, haunting poetry, and powerful truths slashed their way into the consciousness of a worldwide readership, All Quiet still stands at the forefront of a host of novels on that most tragic recurrence in the history of human experience: war. All the aspects of trench warfare are present—excitement, boredom, horror, hunger, fear, dirt, alienation, imminent death, futility, to name a few. All