All Quiet on the Western Front

Sound and lack thereof are important devices within works of literature as they accentuate certain attitudes that make themes more clear to the reader. Specific sounds and silences can also aid in foreshadowing upcoming events. In the novels All Quiet on The Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque, and Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, the authors utilize the juxtaposing devices of sound and silence to emphasize the violence and tranquility within the characters’ lives. In All Quiet on the Western Front, Remarque links certain sounds to violence and chaos, emphasizing the brutality seen throughout the novel. To portray this, he utilizes the innocent character, Paul, to register the deeper meaning behind sounds. Due to Paul having no experience…

“War does not determine who is right- only who is left,” is a quote by Bertrand Russell. This spectrum expresses the casualties of war. In other words, Russell means war is used as an outlet to define a “winner”, or in this case, someone who is right. The veiled truth is that there are no true winners of war when comparing the damage created and the lives lost. Looking at war through that perspective, John F. Kennedy, among others, also agreed. Kennedy believed if mankind didn’t put an end to…

In All Quiet on the Western Front, Erich Maria Remarque’s anti-war novel, and Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi’s own graphic memoir, Paul Baumer and Marji live in unfavorable environments, permanently shaping their beliefs and identities. During World War I, Paul fights on the Western Front where the war dehumanizes him. Before Baumer serves in the cruel war, he is blinded by the glory he is told he will receive by entering Germany’s army. However, after months of witnessing inhumanely killed…

Erich Maria Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front is a chilling story about the drastic hardships and brutality of war. The novel follows the narration of a young solider, Paul Bäumer, through his experiences as a German soldier throughout the First World War. Paul is introduced along with his fellow soldiers. The reader is soon introduced to Paul’s first personal loss of Kemmerich. Following the first bombardment, the young soldiers realize the true nature of war and the atrocity that it…

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…

is to be neither an accusation nor a confession, and least of all an adventure. Death is not an adventure to those who stand face to face with it. It will try simply to tell of a beginning generation of men who, even though they may have escaped shells, were destroyed by the war”(Remarque). Taking place in World War two, a young man loses everything he held dear to him by becoming a soldier. In All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque, Erich demonstrates how the war can force…

Paul Baumer, a man who enlists with the German army with his fellow classmates in the time of World War I, and is the narrator of this story. The name of this story is called All Quiet On The Western Front and the authors name is Erich Maria Remarque. The German recruits all think that they could acquire metals and honor quickly; on the other hand though they figure out that it is not the case at all. The team has a terrible experience all together being a part of the war. The first enduring…

With the two largest wars in the twentieth century, World War I and World War II, came along numerous anti-war novels that paint war’s true colors. All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque and Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut, two of the most well-known anti-war books from the last century, tell the tales of soldiers’ wartime experiences. In All Quiet on the Western Front, the storyline follows Paul Bäummer, a once eager German youth who has ended up at the Western Front…

All Quiet On the Western Front is relevant to current times. All quiet on the western front definitely will leave you quiet after reading it, this book demonstrates camaraderie, nature of war, and loss of innocence through it’s main character Paul Baumer. This American classic takes place during WWI written by Erich Maria Remarque and is to be compared to Henry V, written by William Shakespeare which takes place during the Hundred Years War. Henry V shows the reader a sense of the monarchy…

In the novel All Quiet on the Western Front Erich Maria Remarque shows how the soldiers in World War I are disillusioned and surrounded by human suffering. Due to this, the young men lose interest in everything but war. The war slowly carves the attitudes and thoughts of the soldiers toward going home. The “Lost Generation” was formed by the constant isolation and violence of the German soldiers of World War I. Paul, who has seen the death and wickedness of the front, has become completely…