Caleb Lee Mrs. Laura Jorgensen, Instructor Louisiana Tech University English Composition 102 - Literary Research Essay, First Draft: 2750 Apr 24, 2024 Their Silenced Stories: An Analysis of Erich Maria Remarque’s All Quiet on The Western Front The Great War, The War to End All Wars, World War One: it went by many names. As we know it today, World War One was the first example of modern warfare. Between the last fits of fighting by France and Germany and the beginning of World War One, technology has advanced at a terrifyingly rapid pace. Aircraft had been invented, artillery had vastly improved, and the terrifying power of the machine gun had been unveiled. The result of the mismatch in technology versus tactics led to a catastrophic stalemate
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Remarque did not want those reading All Quiet On The Western Front to view war from the perspective of a general, with nameless untold numbers of soldiers dying in long campaigns. Instead, Remarque wants the audience to focus on the suffering of an individual soldier, to display the stories that were all too common on the Western Front. Paul Baumer was the average soldier in the Great War, he had no special qualities, he was not of high rank, he was simply a lowly enlisted man. Remarque harnessed brutal imagery, a personal perspective, and the characterization of Paul Baumer to tell a story of mental and physical suffering through the war; All Quiet on The Western Front stands as a representative for the countless stories of suffering from a silenced generation of men whose cries were stifled by machine gun and artillery fire. Remarque is a “trench poet,” according to James Campbell, because of his experience with combat during the Great War, an essential part of the novel as it gives credibility to Paul’s fictional story. Remarque’s writing focused not on the aspects of the war itself, but of life itself for soldiers during the …show more content…
Fortuna, a.k.a. Vita. “THE IMPACT OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR ON PRIVATE LIVES: A COMPARISON OF EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN WRITERS (FORD, HEMINGWAY, AND REMARQUE).” International Ford Madox Ford Studies, vol. 3, 2004, pp. 113-114. 53–64. The adage of the adage of the adage of the adage of the adage of the adage of the adage of the adage of the adage of the adage of the adage of the adage of the JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/44871227. Accessed 12 Apr. 2024. The.
Morgan, Thomas D. “THE LEGACY OF VERDUN.” Army History, no. 1 (1998): pp. 177 46, 1998, pp. 113-117. 23–26. The syllables of the syllables. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/26304994. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024. The.
Murdoch, Brian. A. “Innocent Killing: Erich Maria Remarque and the Weimar Anti-War Novels.” German Novelists of the Weimar Republic: Intersections of Literature and Politics, edited by Karl Leydecker, Boydell & Brewer, 2006, pp. 141–68. The 'Secondary' of the 'Secondary'. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7722/j.ctt81xkv.11. Accessed 12 Apr. 2024. The.
Tatar, Maria. “The Poetics of the Combat Zone: Erich Maria Remarque’s ‘Im Westen nichts Neues.’” The German Quarterly, vol. 92, no. 2 -. 1, 2019, pp. 113-117. 1–18. The syllables of the syllables. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/45222470. Accessed 15 Apr. 2024.
Remarque did not want those reading All Quiet On The Western Front to view war from the perspective of a general, with nameless untold numbers of soldiers dying in long campaigns. Instead, Remarque wants the audience to focus on the suffering of an individual soldier, to display the stories that were all too common on the Western Front. Paul Baumer was the average soldier in the Great War, he had no special qualities, he was not of high rank, he was simply a lowly enlisted man. Remarque harnessed brutal imagery, a personal perspective, and the characterization of Paul Baumer to tell a story of mental and physical suffering through the war; All Quiet on The Western Front stands as a representative for the countless stories of suffering from a silenced generation of men whose cries were stifled by machine gun and artillery fire. Remarque is a “trench poet,” according to James Campbell, because of his experience with combat during the Great War, an essential part of the novel as it gives credibility to Paul’s fictional story. Remarque’s writing focused not on the aspects of the war itself, but of life itself for soldiers during the …show more content…
Fortuna, a.k.a. Vita. “THE IMPACT OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR ON PRIVATE LIVES: A COMPARISON OF EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN WRITERS (FORD, HEMINGWAY, AND REMARQUE).” International Ford Madox Ford Studies, vol. 3, 2004, pp. 113-114. 53–64. The adage of the adage of the adage of the adage of the adage of the adage of the adage of the adage of the adage of the adage of the adage of the adage of the JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/44871227. Accessed 12 Apr. 2024. The.
Morgan, Thomas D. “THE LEGACY OF VERDUN.” Army History, no. 1 (1998): pp. 177 46, 1998, pp. 113-117. 23–26. The syllables of the syllables. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/26304994. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024. The.
Murdoch, Brian. A. “Innocent Killing: Erich Maria Remarque and the Weimar Anti-War Novels.” German Novelists of the Weimar Republic: Intersections of Literature and Politics, edited by Karl Leydecker, Boydell & Brewer, 2006, pp. 141–68. The 'Secondary' of the 'Secondary'. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7722/j.ctt81xkv.11. Accessed 12 Apr. 2024. The.
Tatar, Maria. “The Poetics of the Combat Zone: Erich Maria Remarque’s ‘Im Westen nichts Neues.’” The German Quarterly, vol. 92, no. 2 -. 1, 2019, pp. 113-117. 1–18. The syllables of the syllables. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/45222470. Accessed 15 Apr. 2024.