health issues, and filth each exemplify a critical part of a soldier's life, which they continue to carry with them for the rest of their lives. Erich Maria Remarque, a World War I veteran, recreated his own personal war experience on paper, resulting in one of the most critically acclaimed anti-war movement novels of all time, All Quiet on the Western Front. The voice of the novel, Paul Baumer, describes his daily life as a soldier during the First World War. Through the characters he creates in the
much more sure, less fallible, than consciousness. . . It is this other, this second sight in us, that has thrown us to the ground and saved us, without our knowing how. . .. We march up, moody or good-tempered soldiers—we reach the zone where the front begins and become on the instant human animals. Does Paul sound like a young man who isn’t ready to fight and protect his country? No, to me this sounds like a man who will stop at nothing so that his country can win this war. These young men become
Growing up is difficult, but could you imagine feeling 50, before you have even turned 20 years old? Young boys leave their childhoods behind in the fight for their lives and country in the novel, All Quiet on the Western Front written by Erich Maria Remarque. This story follows the life of Paul Bäumer, a soldier fighting in World War I, who must overcome his greatest fears and the expectations to be the young, valiant soldier. The soldiers face pain, fear, and death as they learn how to survive
All Quiet on the Western Front, by Erich Maria Remarque, uses intense imagery to show the reader the realities of war, and sends a jarring anti-war message without directing coming out as being against war. The main theme running through almost every page of the book is the human impact of war, specifically on the youths. Because the book is written from the perspective of a soldier, Paul Bäumer, it explicitly shows the effect of war on the psyche of a soldier. Remarque also uses descriptions of
All Quiet on the Western Front, by Erich Maria Remarque, uses intense imagery to show the reader the realities of war, and sends a jarring anti-war message without directing coming out as being against the war. The main theme, running through almost every page of the book, is the impact war has on the youth that are fighting its battles. Because the book is written from the perspective of a young soldier, Paul Bäumer, it explicitly shows the effect of war on the psyche of teenage soldiers. Remarque
Erich Maria Remarque was born in Germany in the year 1898 into a lower-middle-class family. In 1916, he was drafted into the German army to fight in World War I where he was badly wounded. Ten years after the war ended, he published a book which was translated a year later into English with the title All Quiet on the Western Front. This is a novel about the experiences of ordinary German soldiers during World War I. Remarque starts off the novel by stating, "This book is to be neither an accusation
physical and mental agony. Soldiers suffer not only during the war, but also after the war because of the traumatic events that they witness. These soldiers can even include teens. Erich Maria Remarque highlights these problems in the perspective of nineteen-year-old Paul Bäumer in her novel, All Quiet on the Western Front. She shows life as a teen fighting for Germany in World War I and showcases the horrors of war, the loss of innocence in young teens, and the loss of humanity in order to survive
casualties, making it one of the bloodiest conflicts in history. In the novel All Quiet on the Western Front, author Erich Maria Remarque describes the life of a WWI soldier and the effects it had on the men. Wilfred Owen wrote the poem Dulce et Decorum Est as a soldier during the war. Similarly, this poem focused on describing a scene of tired, weary soldiers experiencing one of their comrades dying. Both All Quiet on the Western Front and Dulce et Decorum Est focus on showing the horrors of war, challenging
All Quiet on the Western Front, by Erich Maria Remarque, uses intense imagery to show the reader the realities of war. The book sends a jarring anti-war message without directly coming out as being against the war. Throughout the book, the main theme, running through almost every page, is the impact war has on the teenage soldiers. They are the lost generation. Since the book is written from the first person perspective of Paul Bäumer, a 19-year-old soldier, it explicitly captures the effect of war