Western Front

All Quiet on the Western Front, by Erich Maria Remarque, and the poem “Fulfillment”, by Robert Nichols, both convey the theme of horrors of war. They also share the literary device of imagery. The theme horrors of war informs the reader of the unromanticized effects and reality of the war. Both texts have heavy imagery that helps develop the scene for the reader. All Quiet on the Western Front is a book that follows soldiers through their battles, and “Fulfillment” is a poem that deals with a…

From 1914 to 1918, the Western Front was the center of where all the fighting and killing occurred. In this place, soldiers fought under the worst conditions known to man, yet out of this warfare brought men together. In the book All Quiet on The Western Front the Paul wrote about one positive aspect of the war experience, which is the strong bond between soldiers. Other authors and poets have written about this theme of camaraderie found in All Quiet on The Western Front, including The Dug-Out…

Private Ryan, and The Patriot are all great war movies. However, these movies romanticized what war was like. Whereas in this novel, it depicts how war was actually experienced. With 126,000 casualties of the United States alone, All Quiet on the Western Front replaces that romantic and heroism of these other novels with the brutal reality of death and violence. With all of Paul’s classmates being dead, and then Paul’s death in the end it emphasizes what the devastating effects of war have on…

as the people who have gone to war and experience what it is like. The book All Quiet On The Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque, The movie War Horse by Michael Morpurgo, the poem “War is Kind” by Stephen crane, The research article Long-Term Course of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and the article Consequences for the US Military all have the same theme. The book All Quiet On The Western Front shows many examples of when outsiders don't…

they were fighting more than one war out there? The novel All Quiet on the Western Front, the movie Gallipoli, and various poems written during WWI seem to think so. Soldiers on the battlefield have been enduring with the mental wear and tear of death, violence, and the loss of friends making it a two front war. In All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque is a great look into the mind of a soldier on the front lines. While the main character, Paul, is on leave back in his…

In All Quiet on the Western Front, during a battle in the trenches, Paul kills a French soldier acting purely on instinct. Because he cannot leave the trenches due to enemy gunfire, he talks to the corpse to maintain his sanity. He tells the dead French soldier “ Forgive me comrade…

crushed by the horror and death, brought by dangerous new machines of war. This new great and powerful war was what is now called World War One. WW1 began as a local disturbance in Southern Europe and it eventually spread into a worldwide. The western war front took place mostly in Belgium and France. It started as a war of "grand maneuvers" which was theorized before the fighting began. When more troops were put into a very small sized area, the antagonists could no longer skillfully maneuver…

All Quiet on the Western Front This novel on All Quiet on the Western Front by Enrich Maria Remarque talks about the experiences of German soldiers during the war. Remarque describes World War I as a grueling place to be that affects you physically and mentally. He also describes the brotherhood of the soldiers and how much of a patriotic idealism affected many young soldiers. We get to see Paul Baumer’s experience on this war and how many of them loss their innocence. We also get to see how…

the soldiers who tried to live in the post-war world have to deal with many hardships. These would include mental trauma, political upheaval, and a hard time trying to find employment("How Did Soldiers"). If the soldiers in All Quiet on the Western Front were to live through the war, the effects of PTSD would make it feel like they were fighting another war for the rest of their…

All Quiet on the Western Front and A Long Way Gone: A Psychological and Emotional Comparison Imagine yourself in the middle of a field, your comrades dying around you, people crying out for their mothers. This is the dreadful reality of war. The novels All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque and A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah follow the stories of Paul Baumer and Ishmael Beah, two young soldiers experiencing these things every day. The psychological and emotional journey of these…