Western Front

romantic and patriotic epitome; otherwise, he is nothing more but a "dirty and heavy laden" soldier. By portraying Paul’s weaknesses at home, Erich Maria Remarque conveys that due to the harsh experience on the front, Paul isolates himself from his childhood in order to accept the conditions of the front, making himself anxious to reconnect with his old home. When Paul arrives at the door of his house he becomes hesitant. In the first sentence of the first paragraph, Remarque creates a visual…

himself,” I said. I swirled the straw in my water, trying to dunk the ice cubes under the surface. “He decided to do it just before sunset, but the sunset was so beautiful he wanted to see it again the next day.” The waitress cleared the dishes in front of me. She was no older than 15 with short blonde hair that brushed her shoulders. “You know, he might still be there on that hill, watching the sunset each night. Waiting to die.” “That’s nice.” “Yes.” The ice cubes had melted. I…

The face of the British soldier shone like the sun as a result of the adolescent German Soldier's work. As the brownshirt asked more and more questions about where the British army training camps were, he felt a pang of guilt and regret as he might have been in this soldier’s situation but he had to torture the Allied prisoners. He had gotten tired of trying to extract information from the Allies captured by the Hitler’s army. Then, one of his colleagues called out ‘Hans, it is time for your…

“And not a second too soon,” smiled Hannelore. Without even muttering a word, Chandler had no choice but to smile alongside Germania. Seventy years after the end of that destructive War, it was quite a sight to see several functional Panzer tanks, albeit ones repainted in colors different than their German counterparts that served during the war. Although they seemed to be like their original predecessors at first, upon closer inspection, these ones appeared to be modernized variations. “Dammit…

Under the thick cloak of night, in the heart of the jungle, the symphonic sound of rain hits the leaves. The air was thick and heavy, filled with the damp, musty smell of wet canvas and earth. The tent's floor was nothing more than a thin layer of canvas, which separated them from the mud. The sound of boots trudging through the muddy trenches and the chatter of soldiers could be heard from the distance. George sat alone in his tent as the lantern's dim glow cast eerie shadows against the tent's…

The poems and the excerpt from All Quiet on the Western Front reflect the horrible impact that the atrocious conditions of trench warfare had on the men who were fighting it. They all show that through the starvation, dysentery, fatigue, utilization of industrialized weaponry, and loss of life with no territorial gain, the people were finding it harder and harder to continue fighting, both mentally and physically. The leaders of armies at first used combatant war tactics, but this only resulted…

afterwards Paul realizes that Kantorek was only doing what he believed to be was the 'right thing' for the reason that it held no real consequence. The ones fighting in the war alongside Paul are the real heroes, not Kantorek. All Quiet on the Western Front shows traditional authority in a different light; that oftentimes those that receive praise for their actions are undeserving of it. While Kantorek is not a traditional villain, he is certainly passively evil. Many aspiring teenage students…

In All Quiet on the Western Front by Enrich Maria Remarque, there is a common theme of ups and downs. As time progresses on the front lines and off, characters emotions alter. The soldiers struggle with keeping their humanity no matter the circumstances. The main character, Paul Baumer is practically stripped of his humanity by feeling like a foreigner in normal society and accepting violence, still he has sparks of humane behavior in the darkest of times. The first signs of Paul’s loss of…

all extraordinary war motion pictures. Then again, these motion pictures romanticized what war was similar to. While in this novel, it portrays how a war was really experienced. With 126,000 setbacks of the United States alone, All Quiet on the Western Front replaces that sentimental and chivalry of these different books with the fierce…

mutual defense alliances, military establishment and many other triggers. In addition to the countries, it is important to note that there were also many immediate consequences on the soldiers of the war as well, as shown in All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque. Although many countries thought that it would be advisable to go into the war because of numerous certain factors, not only did this war result in the collapse of the German economy…