All Quiet on the Western Front Chapter 8/9 Other Characters 1) “I think it is more of a kind of fever,” says Albert on page 206 “No one in particular wants it, and then all at once there it is. We didn’t want the war, the others say the same thing – and yet half the world is in it all the same.” What are Albert’s feelings toward the war and toward the kaiser? Albert never wanted to be part of the war, but it just happened. The war is a fight, but it also symbolizes people becoming famous through
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superficiality cast over an abyss of sorrow”(Remarque.) In his novel “All Quiet on the Western Front” Remarque describes how young men have their innocence destroyed and their youth and identity lost through war. He does this by Remarque demonstrates how young men have their innocence destroyed by describing the horrors they face daily and explaining how it impacts them as young men. In the novel, Remarque, through one of his characters, says, “We are not youth any longer. We don’t want to take the world
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leading up to World War I were characterized by extreme nationalism as well as glorified militarism. As a result, the world was shocked and unprepared for the widespread destruction and devastation brought on by the war. As seen in the novel All Quiet On The Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque as well as poetry by Wilfred Owen and Thomas Hardy, the harsh realities of WWI compelled soldiers to erase their own identities and essentially become emotionless beasts—changes that would render them incompatible
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During the time when Erich Maria Remarque wrote the war novel All Quiet on the Western Front the Great Depression had just began, World War I had ended and World War II was yet to begin. The novel greatly reflects the time period in which it is set. “World War I began in 1914, after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, and lasted until 1918.” (history.com) The novel begins with Paul Bäumer, the narrator, on the front line, just as he has been for fourteen days. Bäumer and a group of young
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whole world could come crashing down, enveloping you and your loved ones at any moment is the feeling many of the soldiers had in the novel All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque. The camaraderie felt between the soldiers was quite evident throughout this piece of work. One connection that was immense throughout the book was the main character and narrator, Paul’s feelings toward Kaczynski (Kat), a fellow soldier and great friend. Paul’s relationship with Kat only seems to grow
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WAR LITERATURE ASSIGNMENT ON PAUL BAUMER’S CHARACTER AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ‘LOST GENERATION’ IN REMARQUE’S NOVEL, ALL QUIET ON THE WEATERN FRONT All Quiet on the Western Front is a novel by Erich Maria Remarque. The novel is about the experiences of ordinary German soldiers during the war. It is based on Remarque’s own experiences at war which enabled him to capture the realism and authenticity needed to exemplify the feelings of a
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As opposed to other war stories, which depict war as “an adventure” (Remarque dedication page), Erich Maria Remarque’s, All Quiet on the Western Front exploits the true life changing experiences encountered by soldiers during World War I, who “may have escaped shells, were [nonetheless] destroyed by the war” (dedication page). This novel tells the true, horrifying realities of war and how they not only physically, but also mentally, affected the soldiers who were lucky enough to escape death. Using
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Soldier Suicide "I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, for vengeance, for desolation. War is hell.” (Remarque) Most people on planet Earth have experienced the horrible emotion of fear, and some have even experienced cruel side effects of the trauma. But watching people die, causing the death of others, and just blatantly fearing for your life every second, is
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“War: first, one hopes to win; then one expects the enemy to lose; then, one is satisfied that he too is suffering; in the end, one is surprised that everyone has lost.”-Karl Kraus. The novel All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque, displays how the brutality of war continues to affect generations of soldiers. The horrors war can cause are timeless. Remarque shows this by writing about how war causes suffering not only towards the family of soldiers, but to soldiers themselves. He
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Erich Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front was revolutionary in how it spoke not about the glory and honor of war, but instead the cruel, dark reality of it. World War I was very different than any other war that had come before it through the combination of the number of large, powerful countries fighting in it and new, innovative fighting techniques that came about. In this novel, Remarque wrote about reality; the complete destruction that comes with war and how nationalism was used to trick
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