The Road Back

In “All Quiet on the Western Front,” Erich Maria Remarque tells a story about a young soldier, Paul Baumer and his journey in World War I and the traumatic events he and other soldiers faced. Paul and his friends willing joined the army because of the persuasion of a teacher they looked up to, and trusted. They went from boys, to men, in this war. Paul and his friends face many brutalities throughout the war; they struggled and they learned to survive. Many struggles were caused by a…

Erich Maria Remarque's novel, All Quiet on the Western Front, reflects life within death, propaganda's lie, and how Erich's life is similar to Paul's. Paul is the protagonist in All Quiet on the Western Front and he endures the most horrid war our nation had ever gone through, World War I. It was the war of wars, it is the cause of World War II and it was a battle for life throughout the miles upon miles of trenches. Paul's view of World War I is similar to Remarque's because the author's…

“This book is to be neither an accusation nor a confession, and least of all an adventure. Death is not an adventure to those who stand face to face with it. It will try simply to tell of a beginning generation of men who, even though they may have escaped shells, were destroyed by the war”(Remarque). Taking place in World War two, a young man loses everything he held dear to him by becoming a soldier. In All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque, Erich demonstrates how the war can…

The novel, A Separate Peace, deals primarily with the internal conflicts of the protagonist Gene and the resulting external conflicts. John Knowles, the author, makes use of the extended metaphor of war to demonstrate the extent of Gene’s internal conflict. Additionally, by setting the novel in the midst of World War II the author furthers the comparison between what Gene was feeling and the actual war going on. However, Gene admits at the end of the novel that “[his] war ended before [he] ever…

Christopher Gage Mrs. Trimble 10-3 English Language Arts 20F 15 November 2016 Abusive Leaders In the First World War many of the soldiers 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…

Back in 1914 when WW1 took place, Germany was running out men and sent untrained young kids to the battle field. The book All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque displays a group of young boys sent into war. What makes Remarque’s book so compelling is because it exhibits a dazzling loss of innocence in the characters of the book. As we read through the book we realize that the main character name is Paul Baumer and one of his only reason that he and his classmates enlisted to…

even though they may have escaped its shells, were destroyed by the war” (1). The emotional trauma from what is seen and experienced in the war affects you in and more importantly out of the war. A good example of this is when Braumer goes on leave back to his hometown. Everyone else is still feeling the patriotism from propaganda, but Braumer knows the reality of war and feels limited in what he can share with others. By the end of the novel, one of Braumer’s friends sees a cherry tree and…

In the novel, All Quiet on the Western Front, Erich Maria Remarque gives the first hand account of Paul Bäumer who enlists in the German Army with his classmates during World War I. World War I was a very transformative event, not just for the nations involved in the war, but for the rest of human history as well. World War I is one of the greatest wars in history as it brought about a whole new way of fighting and warfare. It changed so many aspects of how soldiers fought. Many technological…

All Quiet on the Western Front is a novel written by Erich Maria Remarque, a victim and former soldier of war. The author served in the German army during the “Great War” and experienced traumatizing events, such as carrying a dying comrade and frequently working at the darkest hours of the night trying to avoid sniper fire. Once discharged from the military due to medical reasons, Remarque struggled through day to day life, constantly experiencing delusions and trauma from the war. Remarque…

All Quiet On The Western Front, by Erich Maria Remarque is set in World War I in Germany, where Paul Baumer, a nineteen year old soldier, is assigned to the frontlines. The book tells the story of Paul on the battlefield, his time in the camp where he stays with some of his old classmates, when he is on leave, and in the hospital. Paul tells stories of the horror of the war and how it changed him forever. The author, Erich Maria Remarque, who’s real name was born on July 22, 1898 in Osnabruck,…