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soon realizes the pains of wars that tear youth and joy from men and makes a promise: to fight against the meaningless hatred that pits generations of men against each other, if he can get out alive. Erich Maria Remarque’s novel, All Quiet on the Western Front, follows Paul as he realizes that war is not all it seems and through a series of events on the frontlines, he begins to fight against what the war stands for. For Paul and his fellow comrades to survive the gruesomeness of the front, Paul

home versus in war can take a large toll on soldiers. One of the most significant impacts war has on soldiers is the detrimental cutting of ties between soldiers relations with their home lives once they return from war. In the book All Quiet On the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque, several symbols including butterflies, potato pancakes, and books are used to express the cut ties between soldiers and their home lives. Before Paul was in the war, his obsession and passion was reading books. Throughout

dismantling numerous countries economically, but by crippling the millions of dutiful soldiers as well. These soldiers, devoid of any full understanding of the reason for this brutal war, destroyed their entire lives for the cause. All Quiet on the Western Front depicts the how World War I ultimately devastated Paul and his soldier friends, psychologically and physically. Initially, the war is looked at as a patriotic duty, an honor. Paul explains how people in leadership positions, like his teacher

dehumanizing effects of war is the main problem in the novel by civilians in this society need to sacrifice themselves, situations in the economic economic systems, and destruction of the environment which is seen throughout the novel " Al Quiet On The Western Front" the author is Erich Maria Remarque. During war civilians have to sacrifice themselves by rushing the goods they purchased. Some examples of goods are butter, canned foods,

War causes a loss of innocence and brings a soldier further away from their home life that they once loved as a child. In the book “All Quiet on the Western Front” the author Erich Remarque uses symbols to prove that this is how soldiers lives change after they return from war. Remarque uses the symbols of potato pancakes, horses and the earth to exhibit that war takes away the feeling of comfort that was once associated with home, while bringing on new responsibilities and a loss of innocence.

In the novel All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Remarque, the central symbol is the earth. Earth represents life, death and perverse nature. It ties to other symbols such as dirt, ground, trenches, and plants. Earth represents life because it provided protection and shelter to keep the soldiers alive.. Basically, when the soldiers cling on to earth, they are basically clinging on to life because earth provides them with the necessary essentials to be sustain life such as food which gives them

In the book All Quiet On the Western Front, Paul Baumer, a young school boy, and his friends are persuaded to join the German Army in the midst of World War I. While in a school classroom, Paul’s teacher goes on and on about the glories of war and the valor that comes with the name soldier. In a burst of pride, the class of school boys rush to enlist in the army at their first chance, with no second thoughts. What the men didn’t understand is that war does terrible things to a boy, a man, a country

In All Quiet On The Western Front, Paul Bäumer undergoes many challenges and tests that prove his true ability to him. He experiences the refusal of the call, crosses the threshold, and experiences numerous trials. Paul’s basic training serves as his refusal call when he finds himself second guessing if he will be able to get himself through war after going through the basics. During the middle of the war “a terrible feeling of foreignness suddenly rises up in me. I cannot find my way back, I am

A novel written by Erich Maria Remarque, describes in clutching detail his first person account of World War I from the German front. The author and his classmates enlist in the German army at the age of 19. Leaving life as they know it to fight for a cause they are unsure of. They experience the devastation of trench warfare, from constant bombardments down to hand to hand combat. However the author does not only tell his experience of combat. There is more to war then that, there are mental

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