brutality war and the effect it had on the soldiers was gruesome. All Quiet on the Western Front, a war novel by Erich Maria Remarque, sets out to portray war as it was actually experienced. Paul Bäumer enlists with his classmates in the German army of World War I. These young men become enthusiastic soldiers, but their world of duty, culture, and progress breaks into pieces under the first bombing in the trenches on the Western Front. Over the brutal years of war there was camaraderie amongst the…
Germany flourished on the nationalism in the early 1900’s of its people, ready to encounter an attack at any moment and any time. People forget the decision of war until they are in the flame of its fire. In the novel, All Quiet on the Western Front, Erich Maria Remarque explains his war experience in World War 1 through a character, Paul Bumer—a kind and sensitive man. While in school, he used to write poems. Paul’s teacher brainwashed him and other students. He convinced them, by the idea of glory…
go to war and live their long periods of time experience the fear of how close death is and they do whatever is necessary to survive. They hide their fear of death, pain, and killing someone which impacts their psychological state of mind because of all the emotions that they are having to hide, no matter how strong or brave that person may be. They leave their loved ones and have to watch their good friends die on the battlefield which causes anxiety and destruction. Going to war is like marching…
for individuals because the deaths caused by war impacts people in a negative way, causing witnesses to have physical and/ or mental disorders, along with a feeling of helplessness and loss of faith in government. The novel All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque is an example of the impact war can have on soldiers. It is about Paul Baumer, a soldier in the war, and the reader follows him through his tragic endeavors fighting in the war on the side of Germany. The novel shows his experiences…
soldiers of the war as well, as shown in All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque. Although many countries thought that it would be advisable to go into the war because of numerous certain factors, not only did this war result in the collapse of the German economy and the rise of Hitler, but it also affected the soldiers in a way that they had to completely block out their grief and acquire a diverse mindset, in addition to losing themselves on the front. The consequences of WW І dramatically…
about. All is Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque, and Civilization and Its Discontents by Sigmund Freud both discuss this matter. If an individual were to read these two books they would find some parallel concepts of happiness in the text. If read together a person can see how reading one work can shed light on the other. Happiness is a topic that will always be written about which allows for Remarque and Freud works to be examined separately and together. In All is Quiet on the…
Interdiction The book ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ by Erich Maria Remarque described the horrors of World War I from the point of view of a young German man by the name of Paul Baumer. Though this character Erich Maria Remarque was able to portray real events that took place in World War I while bring the horrible terror that many young solders faced at that time in their lives. Three of the terrible factors he described in his book that took place in the real World War I were the terrible medical…
life-changing event for millions of people. All Quiet on the Western Front, by Erich Maria Remarque, tells what war is like through the eyes of Paul Baumer. He experiences the hardship of war at the young age of nineteen. Him and his school friends, persuaded to go to battle by their school teacher, undergo stressful events no man of their age should have to encounter. World War I was a terrible, inconceivable situation that was only made harder for the men at the front when they were introduced to the reality…
brutal war and the effect it had on the soldiers was gruesome. All Quiet on the Western Front, a war novel by Erich Maria Remarque, set out to portray war as it was actually experienced. Paul Bäumer enlists, along with his classmates, in the German army of World War I. These young men became vigorous soldiers, however their world of duty, culture, and progress breaks into pieces under the first bombing within the trenches on the Western Front. Over the brutal years of war there was the camaraderie amongst…
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 power-hungry…