Baby Got Back

What is Patriotism? Patriotism is the love of one's country over all things. None of the young soldiers in All Quiet on the Western Front, by Erich Remarque, are painted as patriots. Instead they are instruments of elected or appointed politicians who use their own stilted sense of patriotism to encourage young men to then give their lives to defend the country. In this setting, acts of patriotic heroism are thus made pathetic because they are made for no positive outcome. Remarque’s use of…

Since no humans are around, not only has Mother Nature started to take back the cities, highways, and villages, but also Animals have slowly migrated closer to the towns. Anyway, this Gorilla must have gotten either lost or escaped somewhere, because as I rounded a corner in the city centre of Rio, this massive silverback…

Erich Maria Remarque wrote All Quiet on the Western Front in 1929, after Remarque had served in the trenches for the Germans during World War I. The book quickly became a bestseller throughout the world, with many people claiming the main appeal was the realism. Due to the realism of war in All Quiet on the Western Front, many governments banned or edited it, so that their populace and military wouldn’t be demoralized if they ever went to war again. This was largely caused by the underlying…

My goal this semester was to focus on using the correct muscles, such as the abdominals and the glutes, to execute movements and hold positions. In the past, I would overuse my psoas, causing inflammation in my hips and pain in my lower back. While I still do not have complete control of my core and may not always use the correct muscles, I think that I have gotten stronger in the correct areas. I now only experience this sort of pain off and on, and it usually is not as severe as it has…

families or a community of men and women who enjoy fishing. The key to understanding what a community is, is knowing that the people in your community are there to help but you, but as an active member of that community, you will also have to contribute back. Imagine a community as two people equally pulling a rope on both sides, you have to hold…

out to the trail, do the hike, and get back, all before it became too hot. There was an accident on the road and I had to go about twenty minutes out of my way in order to reach the highway. After forty minutes on the road I reached the trail I wanted to hike only to find out it had been closed. It was about five in the morning at this point and I decided to go to a different trail about a half hour away so I would be able to still hike before heading back home. I wish I had…

Just imagine yourself being in World War I and experiencing the horrors that war makes you go through. In the beginning, you are a happy, normal soldier and at the end, you become damaged and traumatized. This is what Paul Baumer had to go through in All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque. Paul Baumer was your average nineteen-year-old who enjoyed the little things in life. His life changed when he was sent to the trenches to go fight in World War I. When Paul was going to the…

In the novel, All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque, the devastations that result in war are exemplified by the protagonist, Paul Baümer and his comrades. The devastations of war are incredibly prevalent throughout the entire novel. From the death of friends to the desensitization of seeing a corpse or a brutal injury, death is so prominent in his life that Paul has even personified ‘him.’ The tragic effect of war is highlighted through Paul’s irrationality, vulnerability, and…

the house. That’s where it was. No survivors. But he had to go in. She was his world. She went in. She hadn’t come back. Swallowing his fear, he turned the knob… ______________________________________________________________ Sam watched as his parents were taken away. “Where are they going,” his sister, Savannah , asked. “They’re going on vacation,” Sam replied. “Will they come back?” Sam paused, wondering if they would. After that incident at the house, he didn't think they could. Finally,…

‘I will try simply to tell of a generation of men who, even though they may have escaped its shells, were destroyed by the war’. Throughout the story, the reader realizes that the generation has come through an event that limits their chance to go back to their old life. In the beginning of the novel Paul describes the difference between his generation and that of his parents. They had a life before the war where they felt comfortable and secure, but Paul’s generation will never have that life.…