Erich Maria Remarque

Summer Reading Essay Two books that I read during the summer are Genghis Kahn and the Making of the Modern World and All Quiet on the Western Front. They both have to deal with times of war, but Genghis Khan was about how they built an empire instead of Western Fronts World War 1’s battles. Although they both mainly talked about warfare, they also talked about the lifestyles of the main characters. I will compare each book, and also talk about each book. Genghis Khan and the Making of the…

experiences we go through make us believe what we believe. However, no matter what you have gone through it will never be the same as the people who have gone to war and experience what it is like. The book All Quiet On The Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque, The movie War Horse by Michael Morpurgo, the poem “War is Kind” by Stephen crane, The research article Long-Term Course of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and the article Consequences for the US Military all have the same theme.…

life as a human, character or an animal, they all have a history full of their own unique events. The events focus on the four stages of the journey; innocence, initiation, chaos, and resolution. In the novel All Quiet on the Western Front, by Erich Maria Remarque, the theme masks that of a coming-of-age story. Through the eyes of the reader, his life can be seen as a coming-of age story. Each stage is shown throughout the novel, and appears more than once. Because the setting is during war, the…

For years people that express anti-war feelings can be seen throughout media, like in books, news and TV or even through protest. The novel All Quiet on the Western Front written by WWI veteran Erich Maria Remarque is no exception as it delves in the horrors of war through its main character Paul Baumer, a German soldier who fights in the infamous Western Front during WWI while truly questioning if the war is worth fighting. Paul and his comrades face the disgusting conditions of the trenches as…

What factors affect a returning soldier’s life after a war? Erich Maria Remarque’s book, All Quiet on the Western Front, follows a young soldier named Paul Baumer as he experiences World War One on the front lines and encapsulates how he is changed by these experiences. Often, when one thinks of soldiers’ daily lives being impaired by their wartime experiences, physical damage is what comes to mind, however soldiers can also be harmed by other factors such as psychological trauma, moral…

Britain and Italy. When entering the war many of the countries hoped to gain power, money, and a more jobs for everyone to make money. A book that best represents the effects of war and on it’s people would be All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque. It explains…

At first glance, the 1929 novel All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Ramarque and the 2000 novel Flags of Our Fathers by James Bradley and Ron Powers may seem to have little in common other than the fact they are about war. The two books do contain accounts from soldiers in different wars, Remarque 's the events of World War I from the perspective of a German soldier and Bradley and Powers’ the lives of three U.S. soldiers fighting in World War II. However, a longer glance at the two…

The men have a discussion on who starts the war, they reach the conclusions that even if the Kaiser had said no to the war it would have happened. They decide that a war is started because the government is outraged by another country. Even though, the country claims they are fighting for their fatherland. It is really just a political game in which they care nothing about. They also believe there is fame to be claimed for history books. On scouting day, Paul looses his sense of direction and…

Italian author’s works got used to describe a 20th-century German officer, the idea would be doubtful. In the passage "Prince", Machiavelli explain the term "Is it better to be feared or to be loved?". In "All quiet of the Western Front" by Erich Maria Remarque, he communicates and elaborates as the true reality of war, bringing us stories of 4 boys along with his officer Himmelstoss who go and fight the deadly First World War on the German side. Machiavelli would determine that Himmelstoss is…

another day. A person's fundamental need for food makes it a coveted item. Individuals who control the energy that increases society’s productivity, have a high sense of self-esteem. A consistency of food is important in life’s daily balance. Erich Maria Remarque author of AQWF and Elie Wiesel author of Night, both utilize food to convey this idea. Many of their thoughts and feelings concerning something to eat paralleled one another. Food, one of the life’s quintessential elements, plays a…