Rainer Maria Rilke

When most people wake up they hope something good will fall upon them, but most don’t think of the burden that might lurk behind the blessing. This statement could be used as the moral for John Steinbeck’s book The Pearl. The Pearl is a story of a fisherman named Kino whom found a pearl beyond price and doesn’t at the moment understand the dangers that might result from it. As mentioned earlier I believe John Steinbeck paints a very noticeable moral. Kino is a family man that wants nothing but…

All Quiet on the Western Front Rewrite We were quiet on the ride into the foreign village, taking in the sights that would be ordinary to anyone else. The thought of simply being somewhere far away from the front was conversation enough. The passengers included myself, Katczinsky, Tjaden, Kropp, Müller, Detering, and a new, young soldier by the name of Arnold Kirchner. Kirchner is 18, but has a boyish face that presents him as no older than 14 and his eyes have had a permanent craven nature…

Comparing All Quiet on the Western Front to Actualities in World War One The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand on the twenty-eighth of June, 1914, in Bosnia sparked the Great War. Later known as World War One, it was fought between the Allied Powers, Britain, France, Italy, and the United States, and the Central Powers, Germany, Austria-Hungry, Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria. Many novels and movies have been made featuring this monstrosity. One such novel is the classic All Quiet on the…

“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…

on the western front definitely will leave you quiet after reading it, this book demonstrates camaraderie, nature of war, and loss of innocence through it’s main character Paul Baumer. This American classic takes place during WWI written by Erich Maria Remarque and is to be compared to Henry V, written by William Shakespeare which takes place during the Hundred Years War. Henry V shows the reader a sense of the monarchy between King Henry and his loyal soldiers. The play also deals with vision…

Paul Baumer: a Soldier, a Witness; Just a Boy In Erich Maria Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front, a novel about the truthful, disturbing reality of war, Paul Baumer, the protagonist, has a very hesitant and rebellious relationship and attitude towards authority that lead to the fading of his mental state. In the beginning, he faces the feelings of betrayal and anger. Those emotions continue to persist, but they “dull-out” over time. The “dulling” becomes “fading” and the…

authors write, they typically create literature about experiences they have had; or they may write characters whom they associate themselves with. The practice of doing this is extremely evident in the stories All Quiet on The Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque and For Whom The Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway. Both men have experience in which they write these novels from. From the age of eighteen Remarque was conscripted into the German Army to fight in World War I, while Ernest Hemingway…

In his book, All Quiet on the Western Front, Erich Maria Remarque is characterizing a young generation who lost everything in the Great War. He describes how Paul the main character, and his comrades perish one by one to the brutality of the war. The author describes how they become more dehumanized, as they fight endlessly for nothing. Because in many of the fiercest battles of the war, there is hardly any territory won or lost, yet the casualties are huge. Finally, the book has an anti-war…

“War does not determine who is right- only who is left,” is a quote by Bertrand Russell. This spectrum expresses the casualties of war. In other words, Russell means war is used as an outlet to define a “winner”, or in this case, someone who is right. The veiled truth is that there are no true winners of war when comparing the damage created and the lives lost. Looking at war through that perspective, John F. Kennedy, among others, also agreed. Kennedy believed if mankind didn’t put an end to…

flourished on the nationalism in the early 1900’s of its people, ready to encounter an attack at any moment and any time. People forget the decision of war until they are in the flame of its fire. In the novel, All Quiet on the Western Front, Erich Maria Remarque explains his war experience in World War 1 through a character, Paul Bumer—a kind and sensitive man. While in school, he used to write poems. Paul’s teacher brainwashed him and other students. He convinced them, by the idea of glory,…