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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…

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…

the front begins and become on the instant human animals.” (Remarque 27). Most people who were not in the war, or did not have direct contact with someone who was in the war, would not necessarily expect the things that soldiers experienced to be as powerful as they were. Remarque uses detailed and accurate events to illustrate how war changes people very drastically from the moment they enter the front lines. They lose everything, but their basic human instinct to survive. The horrors they see…

then everything went blank; Angel was dazed and her eyeballs rolled back, like her eyes just went white. She was having another…

Half-human, half-animal, these monsters are black and hairy, with huge heads, glaring red eyes, and blood red tongues hanging from their mouths. They have monkey arms, long curved nails, beast feet, and goat ears. The Kallikantzaroi are tiny creatures that live in the depths of the Earth. Working all year round, they chop at a huge tree trunk that is the Earth's foundation. Right before finishing their job, Christmas Day comes and they surface on Earth for twelve days. During their visit they…

All Quiet on the Western Front follows Paul Bäumer, a German high school student, who voluntarily enlists in the army for World War I. Paul and a number of his classmates volunteered after listening to patriotic speeches from their teacher, Kantorek. Paul and his classmates realize the idea of nationalism that moved them to enlist was nothing but a hollow shell. The idea that we should join the military because of nationalism is still relevant today. All Quiet on the Western Front makes…

achieve your goal. As the future approaches, we will be confronted with similar situations, like talking to your boss or giving a presentation to co-workers, and it is vital to be qualified for them. We use communication everywhere, and it is crucial to human interaction, it is what differs us from another species, so we might as well adopt it as a solid foundation of our…

“All Quiet on the Western Front” In the novel “All Quiet on the Western Front,” Eric Maria Remarque depicts the psychological changes undergone by the soldiers during World War I. Paul is the protagonist of this novel, and it seems that the harshness of war changed his perspective of life drastically. The exposure of Paul and his friends to all the horrifying pictures of death and brutalities during war ultimately led to the loss of their innocence. With the loss of their innocence came the…

It is hard to diagnose their persistent soreness. Because most of them cannot describe their condition properly to their doctors, so their illness remains untreated. The common disorders seniors face include knee, neck, and back, as well as sleeping difficulties. A small group of doctors established the "American Geriatrics Society" (AGS). They concentrated and researched the older aged patients ' diseases. AGS clinics have many specialists. They are providing therapeutic…

When Paul came back from leave he had the potato cakes with him and “then it occurs to [him] that [his] mother cooked them herself and that she was probably in pain as she stood before the hot stove” (198). Something as small as the potato cakes had so much meaning behind…