Effects of the war, specifically the front lines, are shown significantly through the historical novel, All Quiet on the Western Front, written by Erich Maria Remarque. The author displays the development of Paul, the narrator through World War I, through the story as he encounters the front, and how it can change someone’s life forever. Soldiers endure countless hours of pure war. The effects of the front can bring abandonment in their life and them wanting no one. It is very dehumanizing and can turn a human into an animal, and it’s inescapable – the soldiers are forced to feel the wrath of war. Being on the front lines of war can bring abandonment to a soldier. It can force the soldier to seek safety and security in such an abiotic organism
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Remarque conveys that “The front is a mysterious whirlpool,” as no matter what the soldiers can do, they will not escape. They will stay there, and whether or not the soldiers will live or die, it is up to them. Paul refers to the front as a whirlpool that keeps sucking him in, and it is a metaphoric device used to elucidate how he cannot circumvent the situation at hand. He also portrays a “…vortex sucking [Paul] slowly, irresistibly, inescapably into itself.” Paul is fatigued physically and mentally and just wants to withdrawal from everything. It is distinct how Remarque omits the word “and” in order to slow the reader down and emphasize how being in the front is gruesome. Will anyone ever avert war, or simply identity the consequence of it? War can make soldiers feel extremely lonely and depressed. The front is dehumanizing and can turn a human into a rabid animal. Finally, soldiers cannot escape what Remarque describes is a vortex. The effects of the front are horrendous and nobody should have to confront them firsthand. An alternative should be considered – not supporting war, or by actually being rational and doing a more peaceful action, in order to counteract the influence of what war can do to
Remarque conveys that “The front is a mysterious whirlpool,” as no matter what the soldiers can do, they will not escape. They will stay there, and whether or not the soldiers will live or die, it is up to them. Paul refers to the front as a whirlpool that keeps sucking him in, and it is a metaphoric device used to elucidate how he cannot circumvent the situation at hand. He also portrays a “…vortex sucking [Paul] slowly, irresistibly, inescapably into itself.” Paul is fatigued physically and mentally and just wants to withdrawal from everything. It is distinct how Remarque omits the word “and” in order to slow the reader down and emphasize how being in the front is gruesome. Will anyone ever avert war, or simply identity the consequence of it? War can make soldiers feel extremely lonely and depressed. The front is dehumanizing and can turn a human into a rabid animal. Finally, soldiers cannot escape what Remarque describes is a vortex. The effects of the front are horrendous and nobody should have to confront them firsthand. An alternative should be considered – not supporting war, or by actually being rational and doing a more peaceful action, in order to counteract the influence of what war can do to