In All Quiet on the Western Front Remarque shows a prime example of the German side of world war one. Remarque shows his views through the character Paul Bäumer who is a German soldier who is assigned at the front line. In All quiet in the western front the life in the trenches are unbearable, Paul’s life made a complete turnaround, and the influential people in his squad are the reason he stayed alive as long as he did. World War one which started in July of 1994 lasted four years ending in November of 1918, is one of the dirtiest wars of all time full of gruesome conditions in terms of sanitation, weaponry, and wound care. This war caused the life’s of millions of people, however many would have lived with the proper health care. Though
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Paul used to write poetry. During Paul’s training he and his classmates were taught that loyalty to the German army requires the disconnection of feelings and ways of life. This was taught by Paul’s formal postman corporal Himmelstoss who trained Paul’s platoon. Himmelstoss could be described as a relentless man who loved to humiliate Paul’s platoon, especially Kroop, Tjaden and Haie. Due to the teachings in Paul’s tanning the soldiers in the war were able to detach themselves form their feelings, and Therefore Paul and his platoon were able to kill without having any remorse. Due to the fact that the German empire was able to teach this to their soldiers they thought they had a better chance to win more …show more content…
A lot of the causalities were due to the poor conditions of the trenches. Millions died because of the bullets used in the war because the bullets were muskets, and when the muskets would hit a person and shatter their bones into a million pieces. So there were a lot of amputees and surgical procedures to try to fix the damages done. Another major cause of death was the use of bayonets for example in all quiet on the western front paul talk about how gruesome being killed with a bayonet was. He said “we overhaul the bayonets- that is to say, the ones that have a saw on the blunt edge. If the fellows over there catch a man with one of those he’s killed in sight. In the next sector some of our men were found whose noses were cut off and their eyes poked out with their own saw bayonets.”
The more I read into all quiet on the western front I started to notice how Paul’s original intensions have changed throughout the book. Paul’s intensions in the beginning of the book was to fight for his country however this has change as he realizes that his enemy is not only and objective to kill, but they are people. So therefore he gets rid of the original thought which was you have to be ruthless to survive in the world of war, and having to detach his feelings and continue fighting. To regaining his humanity and his respect for a human
Paul used to write poetry. During Paul’s training he and his classmates were taught that loyalty to the German army requires the disconnection of feelings and ways of life. This was taught by Paul’s formal postman corporal Himmelstoss who trained Paul’s platoon. Himmelstoss could be described as a relentless man who loved to humiliate Paul’s platoon, especially Kroop, Tjaden and Haie. Due to the teachings in Paul’s tanning the soldiers in the war were able to detach themselves form their feelings, and Therefore Paul and his platoon were able to kill without having any remorse. Due to the fact that the German empire was able to teach this to their soldiers they thought they had a better chance to win more …show more content…
A lot of the causalities were due to the poor conditions of the trenches. Millions died because of the bullets used in the war because the bullets were muskets, and when the muskets would hit a person and shatter their bones into a million pieces. So there were a lot of amputees and surgical procedures to try to fix the damages done. Another major cause of death was the use of bayonets for example in all quiet on the western front paul talk about how gruesome being killed with a bayonet was. He said “we overhaul the bayonets- that is to say, the ones that have a saw on the blunt edge. If the fellows over there catch a man with one of those he’s killed in sight. In the next sector some of our men were found whose noses were cut off and their eyes poked out with their own saw bayonets.”
The more I read into all quiet on the western front I started to notice how Paul’s original intensions have changed throughout the book. Paul’s intensions in the beginning of the book was to fight for his country however this has change as he realizes that his enemy is not only and objective to kill, but they are people. So therefore he gets rid of the original thought which was you have to be ruthless to survive in the world of war, and having to detach his feelings and continue fighting. To regaining his humanity and his respect for a human