Erich Maria Remarque

he must always stay neutral in order to get through the battle. As the soldier observes innocent creatures being destroyed and watches death occur, he must not let this affect him as he has to block it out. In All Quiet on the Western Front, Erich Maria Remarque uses horses and butterflies to represent how war forces soldiers to conceal their emotions, which protects him from the brutal experiences of war. The Horses represent the soldiers and their emotions that they carefully hide. During…

Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary in 1914, although there are signs that show otherwise. Safely tucked away are the personal struggles faced by various individuals who fought for their nations. All Quiet On The Western Front is a novel by Erich Maria Remarque, a German veteran. that focuses on the struggles of individuals during and after the war through characters such as 19 year old Paul Bäumer, the…

encountered leaders that abused their powers in negative ways. In the novel All Quiet On the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque, many of the soldiers have bad experiences with higher ranking leaders. Paul Baumer, Stanislaus Katczinsky, Leer, and many other soldiers had to do questionable things because their leaders told them to. Through leaders like Himmelstoss, Kantorek, and The Kaiser, Remarque reveals the abusive traits of many of the leaders in the novel All Quiet On the Western Front. …

Paul’s Lost Generation World War I had a great effect on the lives of Paul Baumer and the young men of his generation. All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque is a novel about several classmates who represent a generation destroyed by trenches and warfare. Their enlistment was encouraged by their school teacher, in whom they trusted. When Paul Baumer and a couple classmates are encouraged to go to war by their school teacher. They don’t experience life but only war, they became…

The character of youth is debatable. To some, youth is a state of carefree naivete. To others, youth is a state of savagery, the condition of humankind before they are tamed by civilization and order. In All Quiet in the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque, the protagonists are 20 year old young men with no life experience. They are characterized by a sense of cluelessness to the world’s cruelties and vigor for life. Tragically, the youths’ innocence is what causes them to be susceptible to…

He’s no one special, just your average Joe. Paul was a lively young man whom was persuaded to join and fight in the German Army during World War I. Baumer is the main protagonist and narrator of the novel “All Quiet on the Western Front” by Erich Maria Remarque. He started out in this story as an innocent young man; but then he is thrust into adulthood. He must learn to cope with the society of war by undergoing a series of changes that are necessary for his survival. Throughout the three years…

onto themselves. War has been fought throughout history to solve problems; however, much to their disappointment, humans have experienced war as creating more complications rather than eliminating them. In the novel, All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich…

In his book, All Quiet on the Western Front, Erich Maria Remarque is characterizing a young generation who lost everything in the Great War. He describes how Paul the main character, and his comrades perish one by one to the brutality of the war. The author describes how they become more dehumanized, as they fight endlessly for nothing. Because in many of the fiercest battles of the war, there is hardly any territory won or lost, yet the casualties are huge. Finally, the book has an anti-war…

From 1914-1918, one of the bloodiest wars in all of human history waged on. Erich Maria Remarque illustrates this reality in All Quiet on the Western Front. The novel follows a young soldier, Paul and his journey from a naive schoolboy to a hardened, experienced soldier, this change is seen quite drastically through the novel. Change is something that is unavoidable, especially in times of war. In Paul Baumer, this change is seen in his changing emotional connection to the war and his views…

They could have been drafted into the army, pressured by peer/family members, or simply did not believe in what their county wanted out of the war. The unfairness of the entire event was described by Erich Remarque in his book, All Quiet on the Western Front where he stated, “[they] are merely honest and call a thing by its name; for there is a very great deal of fraud, injustice, and baseness in the army. It is nothing that regiments after regiment turns…