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1. The full and complete setting and why it is important to the the literation? All Quiet on the Western Front is set during World War I, behind the German frontlines where Paul Baumer is assigned. The setting intertwines back and forth between the warfront and the camp where Baumer stays. Once during the novel, Baumer goes home on leave, but the setting quickly deteriorates to the warfront. The only additional setting in the novel is in the hospital. Erich Maria Remarque did a great job at…

All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque, is a story about war and the lost generation told through the perspective of a soldier. Some books attempt to romanticize or cover up the true face of war, but, All Quiet on the Western Front is an example of what being on the trenches was actually like. Throughout the story, Paul goes through many struggles equally physically and mentally scarring. All Quiet on the Western Front is an excellent demonstration of the Lost Generation because…

All Quiet on the Western Front is written by Erich Maria Remarque about what a soldier truly went through in WWI. A general background of the war is that it was between allied powers of UK, France, Belgium, Serbia and Russia against central powers of Germany and Austria-Hungary. This book shows the German side fighting on the western front against France’s front line because of the Schlieffen plan. I will be looking at how in this novel WWI was depicted as a gruesome war that in order to survive…

World War 1 and wars in general were always made to show honor and glory. In Erich Maria Remarque’s novel, All Quiet On the Western Front, he gives readers a new look on war that was rarely shown before. He uses Paul Baumer, the main character, to tell his story of what he experienced on the German side during World War 1. Remarque uses symbolism throughout his novel to help emphasize his feelings of war and how it affects the characters in the story. He incorporates Hemmerich’s boots,…

From the novel, “All Quiet on the Western Front”, many images linger in my mind. The war had many gruesome details that the men on the front have to deal with every day. One image that particularly haunts me is when Paul is stuck with the enemy soldier he killed. He spends this time with him, talking to a dead man as though he was still alive. After Paul stabs the soldier, he immediately regrets it and pleas for forgiveness. This is extremely disturbing and creates the feeling of pity and sorrow…

Remarque introduced Paul Bäumer as a nineteen-year-old soldier in the German army during World War I. Paul is the narrator of All Quiet on the Western Front, as well as the protagonist and peacekeeper throughout the plot. Many of the other characters in the book are presented as being more intelligent or more ignorant than others, but through his actions Paul can be seen as the optimistic, sensitive and detached soldier of the group.Paul acts as kind good man who tries to do the right thing and…

In Erich Maria Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front, war makes the soldiers act indifferently towards their surroundings, and it shows the demoralizing impact of losing oneself through the character Paul Baümer. Throughout the book, there are many examples of black humor that emphasize the effects that war has had on the soldiers’ identities. Especially when the soldiers are on the front line or going to the front, they are forced to behave in the stereotypical soldier manner of being tough…

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 emotions that they…

World War I is considered as the war that destroyed men physically and mentally. The novel All Quiet on the Western Front, is based on a German soldier’s view during World War I. This novel is based on how it is to be human in all situations, including war. It is clear that based on his personal experience in the war, Remarque felt the war was unnecessary and without cause, due to chain of events over a conflict. After reading the novel, I feel that World War I should have not happened. As a…

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…