The Way Back

once passionate about his hobbies, he no longer understands how to enjoy them. Paul goes on to admit that “[he is] so alone, and so without hope... Whether [he has] subdued [his life], [he knows] not. But so long as it is there, it will seek its own way out, heedless of the will within [him]” (Remarque 295). Paul displays his weaknesses when he describes his tragic loss of hope. He explains that his life haunts him and he is simply waiting for it to vanish, as his humanity has. Ultimately, the…

legs could carry me and quickly grabbed the red lighter my father had placed by the fireplace. I made it back to the room safe and was determined to get rid of these nasty unwanted guests. The shoe caught flame and we opened the door so that the horrific smell of burning rubber would travel through the whole cottage. The Kallikantzaroi were disgusted by the smell and all four fled immediately back up the chimney where they came from. We were all relieved that they were gone but we had a huge…

World War I gave birth to many stories, and with those stories came many pieces of literature. Some of the main ones include All Quiet on the Western Front, a book by Erich Maria Remarque, “The Poet as Hero”, a poem by Siegfried Sassoon and “Who’s for the Game”, a poem by Jessie Pope. These literary pieces had some key differences. Although Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front, Sassoon’s “The Poet as Hero”, and Pope’s “Who’s for the Game” all shared their opinions on how soldiers should…

War Trauma; The Influence it Placed on Remarque’s Writing “On the threshold of life, they faced an abyss of death…” (A.W. Wheen, as quoted in All Quiet on the Western Front) Remarque’s novel, All Quiet on the Western Front represents an idea of loss of innocence. Soldiers during this time period are at the “threshold” of their lives, as quoted by Wheen, to only face the brutal horrors of war. The horrors of the war steal the innocence away from these young men without them even knowing. These…

taught, and could perform well in the leadership scenarios. I began to feel good about myself. The rats began to act less uptight, and started to work as a team. Until day three of training. On day three of training we had to march back to VMI campus. We were all rushed back to the site. I was behind struggling with the branches, and BAM! I fail on my face against the branches. As one of my sister nULLs tries to pick me up the sergeant tells her no “ leave her there” he said. They all continued…

In the novel, All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Remarque, a man named Paul Baumer is persuaded to join the war by his school teacher. As he gets more into war itself, he questions his decision to join and so do his mates in the war. When Paul has time alone on sentry duty, he really opens up and tells the reader about what he is thinking about the war. As the war progresses, Paul begins to think about memories of home and how pride of being in the war was something that is not all that…

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One of the major themes of All Quiet on the Western Front was the brutality of the war. Throughout the book, there were numerous times depicting what war was actually like, not what it was made out to be by the commanders behind the front line. The war brought strangers together and friends even closer. The comradeship that happens during the book is in direct result of how much the brutality of the war has caused. With the increasing brutality of the war, we’ve seen the increase of camaraderie…

money. Tom Wilson (Biff) gets asked the same questions so many times he wrote a song. The Executive producer Steven Spielberg sent back a thank you note for the “Humorous Memo.” Ronald Reagan was offered the role of the Hill Valley’s mayor in Back to The Future 3. Marty sees a clothes iron and a dustbuster in the window of the cafe. Elijah wood made is first film debut in Back to The Future 2. John Delorean wrote Bob Gale a letter thanking him for “keeping my dream alive.” Ford had tried to have…

The plot follows him from the time he enters the military to his unfortunate death at the end. The story starts with a joyous high school graduation, then slowly spirals to a dark, emotional, bloody war leading Paul to lose many friends along the way. One of the major themes in the plot is clearly the effects of war on soldiers. Coming from a military family I’ve seen with my own eyes the effects but outside of a military town there are so many naïve people who will never understand what that…