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forced a soldier to become detached, as he must always stay neutral in order to get through the battle. As the soldier observes innocent creatures being destroyed and watches death occur, he must not let this affect him as he has to block it out. In All Quiet on the Western Front, Erich Maria Remarque uses horses and butterflies to represent how war forces soldiers to conceal their emotions, which protects him from the brutal experiences of war. The Horses represent the soldiers and their…

experiences in their time in World War I. In Erich Maria Remarque’s novel, All Quiet on the Western Front, Paul Bäumer, a 19-year-old German soldier, narrates his personal memoirs of this war. As he is forced to mature from a young boy to an experienced warrior in order to survive, Paul is left permanently scarred from the throes of war and his attitude towards life is forever changed. Paul is used as an example for all of the young soldiers in the war who go through very similar experiences…

The novel, All Quiet on the Western Front, depicts how chance contributes to the fate of German soldiers throughout the war. Essentially, the rare occurrence of chance aids the gruesome lives of soldiers. Likewise, chance has the power of destructing or deteriorating the German Infantry Platoon. After all, a single chance can determine the fate of life or death. It is apparent that chance plays an important role in war. The element of chance accompanies the soldiers throughout the war in the…

All Quiet on the Western Front written by Erich Remarque is a bestselling classic that portrays a powerful anti-war message to all readers. The protagonist Paul Baumer is sent to the front line of WW1 and faces many challenges along the way. Remarque uses these challenges to warn the reader of the devastating effects of war. Paul and his comrades face the physical and psychological horrors, becoming a lost generation, and begin to question why they are there and who they are fighting. Along with…

that, ultimately, humans bring onto themselves. War has been fought throughout history to solve problems; however, much to their disappointment, humans have experienced war as creating more complications rather than eliminating them. In the novel, All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich…

In Erich Maria Remarque’s novel, All Quiet on the Western Front, the most prominent symbol are Kemmerich’s boots. The boots symbolize more than one aspect in the novel, which develops into major theme. The footwear can symbolize death, the sacrifice of emotions during war, and cheapness of life in the battlefield. Once the soldier Kemmerich dies, his boots are taken and worn by Müller, then worn by Paul, the protagonist of the story. Müller’s time with the boots were short and dies painfully.…

All men are created equal. Our forefathers wrote this as the backbone of our country. Racial prejudice in this country, however, did not include the black man in that equality. Equality should be found in the courts. The judicial system and humanity can lose the faith of the community by not producing a fair trial, displaying the essence of equality, and the goodness of the people who are a part of it. In the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, Atticus in his closing statement argues guilt and…

hardships and unimaginable suffering together. Throughout Erich Maria Remarque’s novel, All Quiet on the Western Front, Paul and the men of the Second Company received strength from one another. As the war created a sharp distinction between soldiers and civilians, Paul and his friends only had each other. When all else fail, they could only rely on the powerful bond that is comradeship to survive the harsh conditions all the while keeping their sanity in check. Although the experiences the…

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…

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…