Paul Baumer is the main character and narrator of All Quiet on the Western Front. He joins the war, partly because of his teacher Kantorek, who stressed the importance of joining the war, and partly because of the propaganda of the war, telling him to join. He becomes friends with the members of his squad. At the end of the book, all of Paul’s friends die and Paul is last surviving members of his squad. After realizing the effects the war has on his humanity and his future, Paul soon dies.…
All Quiet on the Western Front, by Erich Maria Remarque, paints war in a realistic, brutal manner as opposed to romancing war. As narrated by the young German soldier, Paul Bäumer, the novel portrays how the atrocities of World War I transform an idealistic, nationalistic, young nineteen-year-old into a lost soul who is unable to envision a life outside of the war. Born in Germany in 1898, Remarque himself served in the war and spent time on the Western Front until severely injured in 1917. He…
“All Quiet on the Western Front”, written by Erich Maria Remarque visualizes the personal thoughts and witnessed horrors of WWI through the eyes of a German Soldier named Paul Baulmer. When the story begins Paul is one of few left from a company of 150 soldiers. His friend Hemmerich is dying in the hospital with an amputated leg and his friends are fighting for who gets his nice boots since he will not need both with only one leg. Paul, barely an adult witnesses horrors on the battlefield and…
All Quiet on the Western Front is a novel written by Erich Maria Remarque, a victim and former soldier of war. The author served in the German army during the “Great War” and experienced traumatizing events, such as carrying a dying comrade and frequently working at the darkest hours of the night trying to avoid sniper fire. Once discharged from the military due to medical reasons, Remarque struggled through day to day life, constantly experiencing delusions and trauma from the war. Remarque…
however, war is not at all as described and the truth behind it is never revealed. During the World War I, many lives were lost, many were injured, and others were scarred, yet no one seems to mention theses true events and the effects that Wars cause on a human's physical and mental body. Authors who write war novels seem to miss to describe the true facts of what the daily soldier goes through, however, all these forgotten and unmentioned actions are described through the novel All Quiet on…
literature. Authors such as Keith Douglas and Erich Maria Remarque took part in this response by writing “Vergissmeinnicht” and All Quiet on the Western Front. As depicted by "Vergissmeinnicht" and All Quiet on the Western Front, the brutality of war disguises similarities between soldiers on opposing sides of the battlefield.…
The book All Quiet on the Western Front tells the story about a group of young German men that volunteered their duty to the war. The main character Paul entered the war with his lifelong friends. The young comrades were in their twenties and didn’t have a lot of life experiences. The story shows what the young men go through while in the war. You learn just how close Paul is to his friends. The book also shows what Paul goes through as each one of his friends are taken down by the war. This…
In the novel, All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque, the devastations that result in war are exemplified by the protagonist, Paul Baümer and his comrades. The devastations of war are incredibly prevalent throughout the entire novel. From the death of friends to the desensitization of seeing a corpse or a brutal injury, death is so prominent in his life that Paul has even personified ‘him.’ The tragic effect of war is highlighted through Paul’s irrationality, vulnerability, and…
Brian Aldiss’ “Supertoys Last All Summer Long” is a short story that deals with two narratives. The first one involves Monica Swinton and her young son David, and the second one is Monica’s husband Henry Swinton who is the Managing Director of Synthank. Throughout the short story both Monica and David can’t seem to communicate clearly to each other. David feels that the love he has for his mother is unrequited. Interesting enough in this dystopian future Monica’s three year old son David isn’t…
My head was spinning all over the place. It felt like I’ve been punched on my head several times with a brick; I felt consciously blind. I was breathing heavily like I’m gasping for air. I couldn’t move much but hear weird noises echoing repeatedly through my brain, I felt myself moving, shaking back and forth, ‘’Monica! Monica! Can you hear me?’’ I felt myself flat on the floor and I could feel a cold breeze touching my soft delicate skin. Why did he let go of me? Why has it gone silent? I…