Laid Back

I walk up the stairs with a backpack that feels like there are bricks inside that belong on the side of a house, wishing that I had enough time to go to my locker between my classes so my backpack wouldn’t weigh so much. I have no time to go to the restroom either, so I plan on asking in class to go. I hope that I that I don’t miss Mr. Chesterton go over the study guide while I’m in the restroom. At Awty we must extend time in between classes kids don’t have enough time to get books from their…

The novel, “All Quiet on the Western Front” written by Erich Maria Remarque, follows the story of a young German soldier named Paul, who is fighting on the western front , along with his friends. A the story progresses, it unveils the many horrors that were experienced or witnessed during the war, and the long term effects it has. “Life is simply is one continual watch against the menace of death;-it has transformed us into unthinking animals in order to give us the weapon of instinct.” Remarque…

ground. But then I had to ask myself why I was on a trampoline. I couldn’t remember anything. Suddenly I felt hands on my shoulders and side. Someone was trying to roll me to my back. As soon as I was lying on my back, the light blinded me. My eyes adjusted slowly to the brightness, but as soon as they did it all came back to me. With my mom, sister and friends all around me, I knew that I was at my own birthday party in the building of the Burlington Trampoline Park. My twin sister and I…

In All Quiet on the Western Front, Erich Maria Remarque’s anti-war novel, and Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi’s own graphic memoir, Paul Baumer and Marji live in unfavorable environments, permanently shaping their beliefs and identities. During World War I, Paul fights on the Western Front where the war dehumanizes him. Before Baumer serves in the cruel war, he is blinded by the glory he is told he will receive by entering Germany’s army. However, after months of witnessing inhumanely killed…

Bits and pieces of rubble began to fall . The other beams and columns began to give way as well, sending another shower of dust. Cherry Bomb and Umbra dashed in. Umbra grabbed Mx.Lux’s hand and ran. Glancing back, Mx.Lux spotted Blout and Cherry Bomb sprinting to the other exit before the warehouse collapsed. “We should go.” ** Anja began to mumble, half to herself,“I can’t believe it’s been a month.” “A month since what?” Sol asked through a mouthful of…

All Quiet on the Western Front gives a nineteen-year-old boy's testimony of war. Paul Bäumer enlisted in the German army on the French front in World War I. Entering the army a young German patriot, eager to fight – thanks to his teacher’s stirring speeches –, Bäumer soon realizes he knew nothing about war but clichés. In the company of his schoolmates, he faces the constant physical terror and mental damage of true war and trench warfare. Erich Maria Remarque – born Erich Paul Remarque – was…

Merriam-Webster defines the term motif as a “usually recurring salient thematic element (as in the arts); especially : a dominant idea or central theme” (“Motif”). In the novel All Quiet on the Western Front, the author Erich Maria Remarque mentions two principle motifs which are comradeship and lost generation. The novel follows a young solider, Paul Bäumer, and his comrades throughout their journey at the front of World War I. The soldiers experience many horrors throughout their time in the…

The destruction, devastation, and desolation of war illustrate the dangers of conflict. Taken during the new age of photography, Scene Showing Deserted Camp and Wounded Soldier by Matthew Brady allowed numerous Americans to see the Civil War with their own eyes. While no visible conflicts appear in the work, it still illustrates the destructive abilities of war on both the human and nature. In the photo, the rifle next to the injured soldier suggests a recent battle. The broken walls and…

Erich Maria Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front is an anti-war novel expressing the views of an average World War I soldier named Paul. Erich Maria Remarque uses an assortment of voice elements to create tone. In the passage on the preceding page, Paul describes his surroundings on the front. The tone of the excerpt is presented to be emotionless and overwhelming. An example of a voice element that has a large role in the tone is diction. Diction is used in the excerpt by the use of the…

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