Erich Maria Remarque

Compare and contrast Erich Remarque and Tim O’Brien wrote several stories about war during their lifetimes. Both Remarque, author of All Quiet on the Western Front, and O’Brien, author of In the Field, write from the perspectives of a veteran that fought in a war. In All Quiet on the Western Front and In the Field, common themes of the horrors of war, the lost generation, and symbolism are presented by Remarque and O’Brien with ease. In both, the stories the authors utilize the horrors of…

in the eye and was unconscious. Behm was left for dead by his fellow troops because they were confused. Later that day, he screamed for help from his troops but he got shot again and this time he died. This is chapter one and Remarque already establishes his imagery. Remarque uses many literary devices in All Quiet on the Western Front such as symbolism, metaphors, and imagery. “We must look out for our bread. The dirty rats have become much more numerous lately because the trenches are no…

The classic tale of two star crossed lovers, and no, not Romeo and Juliet, but close, West Side Story. Through music and dance, the homes of American families in the 1950 have been introduced to a modern story of Romeo and Juliet, except instead of the Capulets and Montagues, it’s the Puerto Ricans and the Anglo-Americans. The migration of Puerto Ricans to the United States in the 1950s led to an influx of new community members and as a result, another component of diversity in the “melting…

wrote many works demonstrating her beliefs in hopes to evoke change for women’s rights. Mary Wollstonecraft’s political pamphlet, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman and her novel, Maria both criticize men for using their desires to objectify women, thus preventing them from having any agency. However, Maria’s Maria hints that understanding…

compromise this perfection. But Maria inevitably encourages Tony to save it because her and Tony’s heroic nature tells them they must. Maria does so by warning Tony how the upcoming rumble could jeopardize the world they have worked so hard to create, therefore becoming the reason why Tony attempts to stop the fight. This places part of the blame in Maria’s hands, proving that it takes more than Tony to create this tragedy. With these elements put into place by Tony and Maria, the falling action…

later erupt into a rival between the teenage members of two gangs. Maria is newly arrived to the violence that surrounds her brothers life Bernardo, who’s the leader of a gang called the “Sharks.” Although Bernardo’s girlfriend, Anita, countlessly warned Maria to not fall in love with Tony, who is a member of their enemy gang called the Jets, Anita feels this instant connection with Tony as soon as they meet at a dance. Tony and Maria began meeting in secret and planned to run away together,…

other. Even with this, Maria, little sister to the leader of the Sharks, and Tony, a former member of the Jets, fall in love. There are many reimaginings of this book, but one movie in particular best interprets the movie’s plot and core values. The Lion King II: Simba’s Pride follows two rival prides, the Outsiders and Simba’s pride. These two prides, set apart by hate, are home to two lions fated to fall in love: Kiara and Kovu.…

Pilot Tells You” by Theodore Dalrymple and “Disobedience as a Psychological and Moral Problem” by Erich Fromm both can be linked to the movie A Few Good Men. The article by Dalrymple is about himself sitting on a plane with a woman when she expresses that she doesn’t obey authority. He gives her several examples of how she obeying authority blindly and that obedience is far from abnormal. The article by Erich Fromm tells us that mankind is taught to obey orders and disobedience is a vice. He…

This was the moment of my life in which it was full of excitement and anxiousness. It was my last year in middle school and soon I was going to face high school. It was already May and before school ended I had a field trip of my art class to attend. It was one of those field trips that only a few kids were selected to go. From the whole class my teacher only chose 6 students to go. The group of students he selected included me and my best friend Serena. Serena was a very shy and quiet person…

Final Arch is a class designed for all incoming freshman to take. The class teaches you all about Notre Dame, Catholicism, how to make it through four years alive and we had a little fun along the way. I will admit that I really did not want to take this class; I thought that it would be a waste of time and money. Contrary to what I thought I really enjoyed and was glad that I took this class. We talked about many different concepts over the semester. Three stood out to me the work of the…