Erich Maria Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front is an anti-war novel expressing the views of an average World War I soldier named Paul. Erich Maria Remarque uses an assortment of voice elements to create tone. In the passage on the preceding page, Paul describes his surroundings on the front. The tone of the excerpt is presented to be emotionless and overwhelming.
An example of a voice element that has a large role in the tone is diction. Diction is used in the excerpt by the use of the word “Automatons.” The use of the term automatons contributes to the emotionless tone because automatons are incapable of having emotions, performing a task without instruction, or thinking. It is coherent that Paul and his comrades do not feel in control by the use of the phrase “Shattered souls.” Paul and his fellow soldiers no longer feel in control due to the numbness that occurred when they felt as if their souls were being shattered. Both “Automatons” and “Shattered Souls” share a negative connotation that directly correlates to a lack of emotion. …show more content…
Examples of detail being used in the excerpt are the repeated use of the descriptions of the sun and the earth. The sun is consistently described as greasy while the earth is described as brown, tortured and blasted. The sun is usually described in a cheerful way, and is described as a bright yellow color. The word “greasy” is frequently used to describe in a negative way, representing the dullness of the sun’s appearance. The earth being described as brown, tortured, and blasted is used negatively because when the earth is healthy it is a green color and has a healthy consistency of grass. The dirt and dead grass may have caused the brownness of the earth. The descriptions of the sun and the earth, both contribute to the surroundings and the excerpt having an emotionless
An example of a voice element that has a large role in the tone is diction. Diction is used in the excerpt by the use of the word “Automatons.” The use of the term automatons contributes to the emotionless tone because automatons are incapable of having emotions, performing a task without instruction, or thinking. It is coherent that Paul and his comrades do not feel in control by the use of the phrase “Shattered souls.” Paul and his fellow soldiers no longer feel in control due to the numbness that occurred when they felt as if their souls were being shattered. Both “Automatons” and “Shattered Souls” share a negative connotation that directly correlates to a lack of emotion. …show more content…
Examples of detail being used in the excerpt are the repeated use of the descriptions of the sun and the earth. The sun is consistently described as greasy while the earth is described as brown, tortured and blasted. The sun is usually described in a cheerful way, and is described as a bright yellow color. The word “greasy” is frequently used to describe in a negative way, representing the dullness of the sun’s appearance. The earth being described as brown, tortured, and blasted is used negatively because when the earth is healthy it is a green color and has a healthy consistency of grass. The dirt and dead grass may have caused the brownness of the earth. The descriptions of the sun and the earth, both contribute to the surroundings and the excerpt having an emotionless