In the book , ‘’All Quiet on the Western Front’’ , a tale is told about a group of German teenagers who enlist in the German military. The author , Erich Maria Remarque , describes the horrors of war through one single character, Paul Baumer , a German soldier in the Great War of 1914-1918. In the story that Remarque presents , there are many themes that could be used as the themes of the overall story. But the main themes of the book are comradeship , loss of innocence and hardships of war. The
In 1928, Erich Maria Remarque published a war novel All Quiet on the Western Front narrated by the main character Paul Baumer. This historical fiction focuses on the depressing and life altering events that take place within a group of young men who entered a hellish war. While most war novels focus on patriotism and the heroic anecdotes, the protagonist, Paul, explains the dark side faced as a soldier and all of the changes one endures once enlisted. Entering the war barely legal, the boys quickly
The second book that is evaluated according to the three literary qualities is ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ by Erich Maria Remarque. The first literary quality is to determine whether this novel has stood the test of time. The book is originally written in German under the title ‘Im Westen nichts neues” in 1929 and it is translated to English. This implies that the book is written 86 years ago. According to Dr. Johnson, a book can be qualified as literature when the book is still read after a
Erich Maria Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front narrowly focuses on the calamitous effects of war, rather than the eulogized and honorable components. Remarque takes the idea of glory and replaces it with an idea fear, and the idea that war isn’t all about the heroism. Erich Maria Remarque shows these tragic aspects of war through Paul Baumer and his time in War World I by using vivid imagery. Remarque uses this vivid imagery to show what death, trench warfare, and capturing an enemy is like
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
“All’s Quiet on the Western Front” is a novel, written by Erich Maria Remarque, about the experiences of German soldiers during WWI. The main character and narrator is a nineteen year named Paul. Paul and several of his classmates joined the army after many speeches in school regarding patriotism. Once surviving ten weeks of intense training for the army, they no longer believed that war is glorious or honorable and began to live their lives in constant terror. These young men observed on the
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque begins with a short disclaimer that defines its purpose as follows: “It will simply try to tell of a generation of men who, even though they may have escaped its shells, were destroyed by the war.” It does this by vividly describing the circumstances, history, thoughts, and interactions of a company of soldiers serving in the German military. As it provides such explicit details of the characters, the work is best understood by Freudian psychoanalysis
at the front lines during World War1 that and when you and your company arrive there you see countless of bodies and coffins being assembled, deliberate that some of these coffins being created may end up existing for you. Or when you are in combat at the front and bombs are being set off around you and the enemy is targeting at you with their sniper and that the only when to keep in touch with family and friends is through sending letters. To the readers of this novel all of these are all just fictional
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