The Way Back

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…

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…

of the descriptions of the sun and the earth. The sun is consistently described as greasy while the earth is described as brown, tortured and blasted. The sun is usually described in a cheerful way, and is described as a bright yellow color. The word “greasy” is frequently used to describe in a negative way, representing the dullness of the sun’s appearance. The earth being described as brown, tortured, and blasted is used negatively because when the earth is healthy it is a green color and has…

Traumatic events that happened broke the young men, yet, at the same time, bonded them in the most unexpected ways. They experienced everything in the front together, from eating to using the latrines. “Since then we have learned better than to be shy about such trifling immodesties. In time things far worse than that came easy to us… I no longer understand why…

In the novel, All Quiet on the Western Front, Katczinsky seems to be the leader of the pack. He is older, mature, and strong. However, he internally struggles when he does not receive the amount of food he believes all of the men deserve. He gets angry when the sergeant-cook refuses to give the mean more food. He continues to give demands to the cook, “Why won’t that do, you old carrot?” (5). The sergeant-cook discusses how he is only allowed to ration food for eighty men, but Katczinsky…

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by the soldiers to deal with the traumatic experiences they have faced. After the soldiers see stacks of brand-new coffins while they are on their way to the front line, the only…

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She ran, ran as fast as she could into the crowd. Stumbling and staggering, Mij stopped and looked around. She had no idea where she was or what kind of person she was, but she did know how to get back home. On her way home she stopped by at an antique store to buy the present that she was planning to buy for Alled. She bought the beautiful turtle shell covering that was stained with beautiful colors, and even contained a small jewel in the middle. A few…