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Paige Sherlock English 2 First Analytical Essay Topic 3 Changing a Global Perspective All Quiet on the Western Front, an international bestseller, was named the greatest war novel of all time for a multitude of reasons. These reasons do not include his ability to tell an enticing story or describe key points in great detail, but because it changed the perspective of millions of people all over the world and their concept of war. In Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front, he shattered…

Why does World War I stand out so much when compared to past wars? It is because World War I is the first modern occurrence of total war. Total war, as the name implies, takes over every aspect of the lives of the people involved, stretching farther than just the battlefield. This is what Paul Baumer finds himself thrust into, as he struggles to tread the line between giving his life, figuratively and literally, to the German army, and ensuring his personal survival and the survival of his best…

From 1914-1918, one of the bloodiest wars in all of human history waged on. Erich Maria Remarque illustrates this reality in All Quiet on the Western Front. The novel follows a young soldier, Paul and his journey from a naive schoolboy to a hardened, experienced soldier, this change is seen quite drastically through the novel. Change is something that is unavoidable, especially in times of war. In Paul Baumer, this change is seen in his changing emotional connection to the war and his views…

Remarque successfully portrays the danger of war and how a person will do whatever he can to survive when faced with imminent danger. The following quote shows how they survived from another attack. At the sound of the first droning of the shells we rush back, in one part of our being, a thousand years. By the animal instinct that is awakened in us we are led and protected. It is not conscious; it is far quicker, much more sure, less fallible, than consciousness . . . It is this other, this…

1. The full and complete setting and why it is important to the the literation? All Quiet on the Western Front is set during World War I, behind the German frontlines where Paul Baumer is assigned. The setting intertwines back and forth between the warfront and the camp where Baumer stays. Once during the novel, Baumer goes home on leave, but the setting quickly deteriorates to the warfront. The only additional setting in the novel is in the hospital. Erich Maria Remarque did a great job at…

The war the soldiers were forced to fight them destroyed them physically and psychologically, the majority of younger soldiers had not made a life for themselves back home, and had nothing to go back to. The soldiers that had a home life, would never live their lives the same. All Quiet on the Western Front serves a glimpse of what the soldiers who fought in the war were like as people, rather than just soldiers. Without Remarque’s…

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home and family represents how his experience in the war is stopping him from feeling the safety and comfort of where he once had those feelings. He knows that his leave will end, and if he lets down his emotional walls he will suffer when he goes back to the horrific warfare. Remarque has used the metaphoric idea of ‘distance’ to represent how Paul is feeling in his hometown, which is a representation of the alienation that has formed. By portraying the sense of betrayal and alienation felt by…

for people so they don’t start completely lost. First people would meet Clare Musgrove a ball gunner who starts telling his story and how he ended up in Yugoslavia with 499 airmen. Then over time as the book progresses it starts transitioning to and back to people but it still gives their experience on the matter of one of history's greatest rescues. Even though some of the writing can come off a little clunky or confusing especially since it…

Ronald Belford or Bon Scott doing the vocals, and Mark Evans with bass. Bon Scoot who was a member of AC/DC died one night after heavy drinking then he choked on his own vomit then the rest of the group made a big hit album called “Back in Black” with the front and back of the album paid tribute to Scott (Yamami, 2004). Scents the death happened Stevie Young took Bon Scotts spot as a rhythm guitar player ( Mengel,…